Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Social media trends are fueling a dangerous form of substance use among teenagers in the United States involving common household and commercial products, including inhaling nitrous oxide, or laughing gas.—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026 Whoever put that panel together must have been on laughing gas.—John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Amy Louise Leonard, 20, a makeup artist from Greater Manchester in England, lost the ability to walk for three weeks after inhaling a balloon filled with nitrous oxide, commonly called laughing gas.—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 Is this moving-picture love letter overly sentimental, sloppy to a fault, and slightly more affectionate toward its posthumous subject than a basket of puppies high on laughing gas?—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for laughing gas