How to Use ammonia in a Sentence

ammonia

noun

• But the ammonia pipeline has been damaged in the war, the U.N. said.
  — Courtney Bonnell, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023
• Using a clean, white cloth, sponge the stains with the ammonia solution.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2022
• On a recent overcast morning, the air in Vernon was thick with the smell of ammonia.
  — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• But harsh cleaners — from vinegar and lemon juice, to bleach and ammonia — can wear down the surface.
  — Maya Pottiger, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• To solve the problem in the long term, the town will have to approve a project that will add a mixture of chlorine and ammonia to the water to prevent the THMs.
  — Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
• Try not to overdo it with this one, though, as the remover contains ammonia and shouldn’t be used all over your hair.
  — Gabby Shacknai, Women's Health, 30 Jan. 2023
• Its vapor is lighter than air and has the same pungent odor as household ammonia.
  — CBS News, 3 Sep. 2022
• The high levels create a bleach smell from the ammonia, and the nutrients from the droppings increase the levels of nitrates in the river.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2023
• Moscow has pushed for Ukraine to allow for the export of Russian ammonia through a pipeline across the country.
  — William Mauldin, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• Overnight, someone using his son’s iPad searched how to clean blood and DNA off of objects, how to remove sim cards from phones, and how to mix ammonia.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023
• Hydrants were opened to help dispel the ammonia while crews attempted to enter the building to shut off gas valves.
  — Vivian La, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
• If so, the next step will be to build a new system that treats the water with a mixture of chlorine and ammonia, which should clean the water while reducing the risk of THMs.
  — Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2023
• The stench of ammonia hooks up with sulfur to form droplets that coalesce into dense clouds, reflecting the sun.
  — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• But if green methanol is already pricey, ammonia is even more so, and the first engines that run on it aren’t expected until 2026.
  — Bypeter Vanham, Fortune, 15 June 2023
• In chicken houses, gaseous ammonia rises from chicken litter and is pumped out through the vents.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2023
• Camryn Swift, 14, dipped a test tube into the fish tank and squeezed a few chemical drops into the tube to test for ammonia, nitrates and nitrites, and pH levels.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023
• The odor of ammonia is noxious and urine-like to humans but endlessly enticing to insects like flies.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
• And water ice with ammonia is thought to lie beneath the dwarf planet’s surface, writes New Scientist.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
• Most of the carbon dioxide the company uses comes from ethanol and ammonia production; this is the first time CarbonCure has been able to use CO2 taken out of the air.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Feb. 2023
• Once they were rendered immobile and began to die off, the ammonia left in the water exacerbated the mass death event.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2022
• Prominent among them is the use of ammonia as fuel, which could help decarbonize the shipping sector.
  — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
• Gas can account for up to 85% of the production cost of ammonia, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• The Garnier Nutrisse platinum blonde hair kit is made ammonia free, and gets Anderson's locks to her signature light shade.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
• Not only did the planet show an abundance of methane and carbon dioxide, but also a shortage of ammonia.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2023
• Read full article About a half hour later, police said an ammonia leak at the Breakaway Ice Center had been contained.
  — Matt Yan and, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022
• The truck rolled over, compromising the cargo tank carrying the ammonia, Chapman said.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Additionally, chlorides, as well as ammonia, are likely abundant in the oceans of the icy giant’s largest moons and may be helping to keep them unfrozen.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 May 2023
• Soak garment in a mixture of hot water, bleach-free laundry detergent and ammonia.
  — Lauren Smith McDonough, Good Housekeeping, 25 Jan. 2023
• Many hair removal creams come with a stinky aroma that often smells like chemicals and is often compared to ammonia hair dye — but not the Flamingo hair removal cream.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2024
• PtX products such as methanol and ammonia would be even easier to transport than hydrogen, whether via pipeline or ship.
  — Matthias Mueller, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024