How to Use "metabolize" with Example Sentences

1. But our bodies metabolize only a small fraction of them .

2. It is slower to metabolize and likelier to die before it has reproduced .

3. Larger animals live longer ; but they also metabolize slower , as manifested in slower heart rates .

4. But exercise makes the muscle cells metabolize glucose , by combining its carbon atoms with oxygen and extracting the energy that is released .

5. In diabetes , the body isn 't able to effectively use insulin or to make enough of it to metabolize glucose in the food we eat , resulting in higher than normal levels of blood sugar .