How to Use nitrous in a Sentence

nitrous

noun
  • Would the scary girls with fairy wings still be hanging around a trust-fund junkie with a tank of nitrous?
    Claire Howorth, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
  • That volume is what separates nitrous from the other inhalants.
    Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Most users dismissed side effects and medical concerns when asked about nitrous outside Red Rocks.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The result is a resurgence that has burnished nitrous’s longtime reputation among users as a cheap, easy high — and one that has leaked out of concert parking lots and into the mainstream.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The technique still needs sanding, and zero interceptions in 48 career games is concerning, but McCutchin’s combine testing gave his draft case a nice shot of nitrous.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026

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