Example sentences for: cleave

How can you use “cleave” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In a book dealing with a subject of this sort one must be extremely careful to cleave to rigid definitions of the key terms ( euphemism, dysphemism, taboo , etc.) and not deviate from them.

  • The amount of adenoviral genomes per cell was determined by a multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction [ 22 ] . Real-time PCR is based on the 5'-3' nuclease activity of AmpliTaq Gold polymerase, which allows it to cleave fluorogenic probes resulting in fluorescence.

  • Sirna began as the biotech startup Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, which tried to develop ribozymes to treat several conditions, including hepatitis C. A ribozyme is an RNA molecule whose sequence and structure allow it to cleave specific target RNA molecules (see Figure 1).

  • Far from inclining to French, these natives cleave to British schoolboy slang, a hard-dying lingo.

  • There is little doubt that people who are driven by economic necessity will cleave to the language most closely associated with financial reward, and the opportunities offered by the Internet are immense compared with those formerly offered by books, motion pictures, television, and other media.


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