How to Use pollutant in a Sentence

pollutant

noun

• The fire sent smoke and pollutants soaring into the sky.
  — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 23 Feb. 2023
• Still a bit of haze, plus the normal summer pollutants.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• In the process of creating that coke, all kinds of pollutants poured out of the plant’s smokestacks, Maher said.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
• The level of risk depends on how much of the pollutant the ship was carrying and how intact the wreck is.
  — Avery Paxton, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• Air filters help keep our home’s air clean and free of dust, dander, and pollutants.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2023
• As a home chef, candle-lover, and cat mom, there are a lot of competing scents and pollutants in my home.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
• These plants capture more pollutants than smooth leaves and the density of the leaves matters as well (hence, no trees).
  — oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
• To remove even more pollutants from the home, look for a vacuum with a HEPA filter.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2023
• Particles that are large enough to be seen floating in the air, yet are small enough to be inhaled, make up a group of pollutants known as PM10.
  — Tiffany Means, Treehugger, 7 June 2023
• The pollutant makes its way into fish and can destroy cropland.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
• As the first step at your bathroom sink, a cleanser can wash off makeup, dirt, excess oil, or other pollutants from a long day.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Sep. 2023
• Features The best air purifiers for smoke should remove pollutants from the air first and foremost.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
• As a pollutant, sulfur dioxide can cause acid rain and breathing it in can have harmful effects on the lungs.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
• And to complicate things still, sometimes CFMs differ for the types of pollutants, varying in number from pollen to dust.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2023
• Impurities like bits of gasoline change the color of kerosene, pose a fire risk and release pollutants into the air.
  — John Sass, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
• Ground-level ozone is a common air pollutant that can be harmful to people’s health.
  — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
• In fact, indoor air can hold levels of certain pollutants that are up to five times higher than found outdoors.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 2 May 2023
• The risk of dying from a stroke also went up with exposure to certain pollutants, the meta-analysis found.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• The first filter phase captures larger pollutants, like pet hair and lint, and the second stage works on smaller particles, like dust, smoke, and pollen.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
• These substances include dioxins, a type of pollutant known to build up over time in animals and humans.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2023
• Electric lawn equipment emits none of those pollutants.
  — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• The May report pointed to the need for new strategies to address this massive class of pollutants, including on farms around the watershed.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
• All of the pollutants are byproducts from the manufacturing of high-carbon coke used to fuel blast furnaces at steel mills.
  — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• But as the air becomes more polluted, the body's ability to regenerate those cells can't keep up to offset the buildup of pollutants.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 19 July 2023
• Also, some plants can remove other air pollutants from your home.
  — Maria Masters, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• Their ponds and wetlands store water in the face of drought, filter out pollutants, furnish habitat for endangered species, and fight wildfires.
  — Ben Goldfarb, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
• Researchers believe water degradation due to soil runoff and other pollutants are part of the problem hellbenders face in the state.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2023
• Air purifiers use mesh-like HEPA filters to remove large and small particulates from the air, as well as common pollutants like odor and smoke.
  — Amber Joglar, Popular Mechanics, 12 May 2023
• These pollutants come from blooming trees and grasses following the winter.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023
• The recovery process produces pollutants like heavy metals, sucks up water, and emits tons of greenhouse gases.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 30 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024