Examples of sulfuric in a Sentence
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Chevron's network of pipes, low-lying cooling ponds and even sulfuric stench have become defining parts of the town's character.
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David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
There’s a late sweetness that lingers and a vaguely sulfuric smell, like bathing in an actual hot spring.
—Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
This video is currently not available The most active volcano in the Philippines, Mount Mayon, is spewing lava and sulfuric gas, raising fears of an explosion and prompting thousands of residents to flee.
—Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
Indian Springs State Park For centuries, Muscogee Creek Native Americans used the sulfuric water from regional springs here for its healing properties.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2023
My sister is sulfuric with hate.
—Christian Wiman, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
The vivid electric-blue color of flows down the side of Indonesian volcano Kawah Ijen is actually caused by sulfuric gas released at the same time as plain-old basaltic lava.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2015
Globally, those 95 Mt of sulfuric dioxide reacted with atmospheric water to form 200 Mt of sulfuric acid aerosols.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2013
Eventually Hyatt began playing around with cellulose nitrate—cotton treated with nitric and sulfuric acids—at his own peril, given that the compound was extremely flammable.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2022
David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
There’s a late sweetness that lingers and a vaguely sulfuric smell, like bathing in an actual hot spring.
—Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
This video is currently not available The most active volcano in the Philippines, Mount Mayon, is spewing lava and sulfuric gas, raising fears of an explosion and prompting thousands of residents to flee.
—Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
Indian Springs State Park For centuries, Muscogee Creek Native Americans used the sulfuric water from regional springs here for its healing properties.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2023
My sister is sulfuric with hate.
—Christian Wiman, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
The vivid electric-blue color of flows down the side of Indonesian volcano Kawah Ijen is actually caused by sulfuric gas released at the same time as plain-old basaltic lava.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2015
Globally, those 95 Mt of sulfuric dioxide reacted with atmospheric water to form 200 Mt of sulfuric acid aerosols.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2013
Eventually Hyatt began playing around with cellulose nitrate—cotton treated with nitric and sulfuric acids—at his own peril, given that the compound was extremely flammable.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2022
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First Known Use
1788, in the meaning defined above
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“Sulfuric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sulfuric. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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sulfuric
adjective
sul·fu·ric
ˌsəl-ˈfyu̇(ə)r-ik 
: of, relating to, or containing sulfur
Medical Definition
sulfuric
adjective
sul·fu·ric
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or chiefly British sulphuric
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