Sentence examples for earwax from inspiring English sources

The word 'earwax' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to the yellowish oily secretion produced in the ear and found in the external auditory canal of humans and other mammals. Example sentence: My doctor advised me to clean out my earwax regularly to prevent infection.

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earwax

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A waxy substance secreted by the ear.

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Another embarrassing incident, when he was filmed apparently sampling his own earwax during a boring parliamentary session became a YouTube phenomenon and helped Australia's beer-and sports-loving culture to see him as more human.

To be charitable to Barlow, we might perhaps see the same sort of satirical purpose in songs like "Back For Good", "Shine" and the other ones, all of which now taste of ashes and earwax, that defenders of GG Allin attribute to songs like "Kiss Me In The Gutter" and "Suck My Ass It Smells".

The grime on old notes is mainly made up of sebum (an oily secretion found on skin and in earwax), a biologist reports.

They get their kicks by comparing whether they share the gene that makes urine stink after eating asparagus, or the one that determines whether earwax is mealy or oily.

Examples include the magician's favourite Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, made by California's Jelly Belly Candy Company, a "master jelly-bean maker" that has come up with flavours described as earwax, sardine and vomit.

The government does not need to be involved if someone decides to trace his ancestry or discover what type of earwax he has.

Fine hairs directed outward and modified sweat glands that produce earwax, or cerumen, line the canal and discourage insects from entering it.

It has been found in other fish liver oils, in vegetable oils, in fungi, and in human earwax and sebaceous secretions.

Large plugs of earwax need to be removed by a physician.

The sound-transmitting function of the outer ear is impaired when the ear canal becomes filled with tumour, infected material, or earwax (cerumen), so that sound cannot reach the tympanic membrane, or eardrum.

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