How to Use asbestos in a Sentence

asbestos

noun

• Coal needs to join asbestos and PCBs on the phase-out list.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 29 June 2019
• The firm has about two-thirds of the asbestos cases pending in the court.
  — Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2021
• Four schools have had to close due to asbestos so far this year.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2023
• The funds have also gone to getting rid of the asbestos in the building.
  — Jacob McAdams, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2018
• The floors had asbestos in them and needed to be replaced.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
• No asbestos was found in any of the talc samples, the agency said.
  — NBC News, 13 July 2018
• But asbestos hasn't been present in talcum powder in the US since the 1970s.
  — Joe Mullin, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2017
• Last spring, the EPA proposed a ban on chrysotile, or white asbestos, the most common type.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2023
• The town was built up around the massive Jeffrey Mine, once the largest opencast chrysotile asbestos mine in the world.
  — Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2020
• For an older home, there of course could be things like asbestos within the home.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
• Lead paint peels from walls marked with warnings of asbestos.
  — Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2019
• At issue is whether the talc contained trace amounts of asbestos.
  — Erika D. Smith Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2021
• Dozens of asbestos companies have done so since the 1980s.
  — Geoff Mulvihill, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019
• Talc had a bad spell for a while there, because some supplies found traces of asbestos.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 31 May 2023
• But all talcum products sold in the U.S. have not contained asbestos since the 1970s.
  — CBS News, 20 Oct. 2017
• Some videos, for instance, show a ceiling with asbestos and puddles in the road.
  — Lindsay Ellis, WSJ, 20 May 2022
• Early results show no asbestos in the drywall at the school.
  — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
• Lung cancer has also been linked to all forms of asbestos.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
• To date, Claire's has denied the presence of asbestos in its products.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 6 Mar. 2019
• So an inspector arrived and the good news is that there was no sign of asbestos.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
• Much of the complex dates from the mid-19th century and is riddled with asbestos.
  — Alex Morales, Bloomberg.com, 29 Sep. 2017
• Not to mention the toxic stew of asbestos, lead, lithium, and who knows what else that had burned and settled in the air and soil.
  — Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
• It was condemned in 2019 for asbestos and mold, and residents were forced to leave.
  — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• But even there, the community had to sue the Air Force when asbestos was discovered in the soil.
  — Ralph Vartabedian, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Olin’s letter marks a turning point in the battle over asbestos in the United States.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2023
• The local employer was an asbestos mine, above the lake.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• Welsh and the Postal Service fought over who should pay for asbestos abatement and the repair of worn and broken floor tiles.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
• Most of these places have not been renovated, and many are filled with lead paint and asbestos.
  — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 29 July 2021
• Workers also had to clean up soil and groundwater contamination from years of heavy manufacturing, and rid the building of asbestos, a toxin that can cause lung disease, The Courier Journal reported.
  — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
• Swenson expects to eventually develop breathing problems from her asbestos exposure as a child.
  — Aaron Bolton, NPR, 7 July 2025