Example sentences for: postprandial

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

  • After that it gets pretty quiet around here, but check in throughout the long weekend for "Today's Papers" and in case Chatterbox has a postprandial thought or two.

  • appetite, appetites mighty, enormous, gargantuan, endless, limitless, unlimited, unfailing, uncontrollable, lusty, voracious, ravenous, (in) satiable, sharp, ferocious, rapacious, devouring, brutish, wolfish, healthy, hearty, greedy, keen, robust, inordinate, substantial, unbridled, avaricious, poor, grotesque, morbid, morose, raucous, finicky, discriminating,, (im) moderate, shrunk, new-found, catholic, postprandial

  • As for postprandial , that is usually applied to something edible or drinkable, as referring to something that comes after a meal; in my language (and culture), postprandial appetite would be a rare collocution.

  • The n3 LC-PUFA alter postprandial lipoprotein production and clearance, and lower circulating triglyceride-rich lipoproteins [ 14 ] . N3 LC-PUFA induce alterations in membrane properties including ion transport, trafficking and vesicular transport, and alter the transcription of genes encoding proteins in lipid biosynthesis, lipid desaturation, and lipid oxidation [ 15 16 17 18 19 ] .

  • Not all these adjectives seem appropriate to me: it is hard for me to envision a context in which satiable appetite, raucous appetite, shrunk appetite, or postprandial appetite might be appropriate; on the other hand, I, like many readers, could probably come up with several other adjectives that are not listed.


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