How to Use fumigant in a Sentence

fumigant

noun

• Any residents living in the apartment or home will need to vacate for 24 hours while the extermination team tents the space to release a fumigant gas.
  — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
• The fumigant has been linked to cancer, respiratory problems and neurological damage.
  — Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• One bill would have banned a carcinogenic fumigant called 1, 3-Dichloropropene, commonly known as Telone, used by Dole Food Company Hawaii.
  — Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• For much of the 20th century, methyl bromide, an odorless and colorless fumigant, had been touted as a miracle product for its effectiveness in killing pests, both on farms and in the shipping containers that conveyed produce across the world.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
• David Andrews, chief science officer for the Environmental Working Group, welcomed the push for an alternative to traditional fumigants, noting farmworkers in the fields and their families are the ones who have been exposed to the chemicals.
  — Haven Daley, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026