Sentences with 'tract'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tract and other words derived from it.
• « Hernán Cortés proved brilliant at manipulating the native groups he encountered in Mexico, where he arrived in 1519 with 450 Spanish troops and 15 horses. There, a powerful empire under the Aztecs had recently taken control of a large tract of territory. »
• « Propolis is a substance that hardens at room temperature, but remains semi-liquid in the bees' digestive tract. Once expelled onto a hive invader, propolis begins to harden rapidly. The bug is trapped, "mummified". »
• « In macrobiotics - which, as we know, originated in the East - the shape, colour and smell of the stools are taken into account because they reveal the state of health of the patient after the passage of food through the digestive tract and the advisability of eliminating certain foods. »