How to Use nitrogen in a Sentence

nitrogen

noun

• About half of the nitrogen in your body comes from the Haber-Bosch process.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
• Both can be sown in the spring, build soil and are a good nitrogen source.
  — oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2023
• Last year, Kron said the price of nitrogen was about $480 for a ton.
  — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 30 Sep. 2022
• The bacteria take nitrogen from the air in the soil and feed it to the clover, keeping it green.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
• That is a pit of sand full of nitrogen bubbles that SFX did.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Feb. 2024
• This will help reduce the amount of nitrogen in your dog’s urine to keep the yard greener.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 12 May 2021
• The goal is to apply one pound of nitrogen to every 1,000 square feet of lawn.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2022
• Plus, the nitrogen that's in the formula will help green up your lawn, too.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2022
• All should have 50 percent or more of the nitrogen in a slow-release form.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Feb. 2022
• Researchers would collect the plants where the flies landed and compare the amount of nitrogen in the plant to other plants in the area.
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 10 Aug. 2021
• Lichen in the canopy take nitrogen straight from the air, holding it in their tissues where rain and fog drip carry it to the soil.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021
• So the oxygen in the air and also the nitrogen can condense onto the surface.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
• These are easy to turn in about 20 minutes and easy to manage for water and nitrogen.
  — oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2022
• Too much nitrogen in the spring can create a weak root system that isn’t able to withstand the heat and drought in summer.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2024
• The Netherlands produces four times more nitrogen than the average across the EU.
  — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
• Oxygen gives off a green and red light, while nitrogen glows blue and purple.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
• Once the cover crop is allowed to die and decay, the useable nitrogen is released for the next crop.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• Then the remaining stored nitrogen get the grass growing quicker in the spring.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2022
• The first number is the nitrogen, by weight, in the fertilizer.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
• The problem of nitrogen burns from urine affects many plants.
  — oregonlive, 8 Oct. 2022
• The spreader casts an arc of white, nitrogen-rich pellets.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
• The woman is said to have pressed the button to fill the pod with nitrogen at 3.54 p.m., reported U.K newspaper The Times.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
• In the kitchen, the chefs are seen pouring liquid nitrogen, tying dumplings and setting food aflame.
  — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
• Apply a source of nitrogen to the soil before planting.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
• And so it was hoisted by a helicopter and taken to a clean room there in Utah, and then there were tests done, and then there was a nitrogen purge.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
• Contains a high nitrogen content, which is a food source for algae and can cause blooms.
  — Washington Post, 15 June 2021
• Could Ohio be the next state to use nitrogen gas in executions?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
• Fertilizers have three numbers on the bag and the first one is nitrogen.
  — oregonlive, 29 May 2021
• Alabama has also carried out four nitrogen gas executions in recent months, the first state to use that method.
  — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
• Kohoutek 4-55 has an uncommon, multi-layered form: a faint layer of gas surrounds a bright inner ring, all wrapped in a broad halo of ionized nitrogen.
  — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2025