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Six example sentences with bond, each labelled with its topic.
Heat supplied enough energy to break the bond holding the two oxygen atoms together in the sealed flask.
Science
Caramel darkens as heat rearranges every bond between the sugar atoms, producing molecules the raw syrup never contained.
Cooking
The painkiller works only while a bond holds the molecule to the receptor; once it breaks, the ache returns.
Medicine
Each silicon atom in the chip shares a bond with four neighbors, and one missing link changes how the crystal conducts.
Technology
Sunlight breaks the bond between chlorine and carbon high in the atmosphere, freeing the atom that then attacks ozone.
Environment
Digestion breaks the bond between each pair of sugar units in starch, releasing the glucose that fuels the last mile of a race.
Fitness
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