How to Use pollutant in a Sentence

pollutant

noun

• This is because the pollutants in the air build up on the glass and window frame.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2024
• The fire sent smoke and pollutants soaring into the sky.
  — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 23 Feb. 2023
• There were pollutants, but these were spread over a large area to absorb them.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2019
• And even in those that aren’t yet impaired, the pollutant is building up.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2023
• The pollutants also leaked through cracks in the floor of the plant, into the soil beneath the factory.
  — Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2019
• Not to mention, soil runoff from a storm could swarm even a once-clean source with new pollutants at any time.
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
• Still a bit of haze, plus the normal summer pollutants.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• In the process of creating that coke, all kinds of pollutants poured out of the plant’s smokestacks, Maher said.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
• To be clear, this finding applied to just one type of pollutant.
  — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2020
• The level of risk depends on how much of the pollutant the ship was carrying and how intact the wreck is.
  — Avery Paxton, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• Air filters help keep our home’s air clean and free of dust, dander, and pollutants.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2023
• To break that down further: Your skin barrier keeps pollutants out and the good stuff in.
  — Sarah Wu, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2018
• Many of those pollutants can run off and affect marine and plant life.
  — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
• Look out for the Great Lakes and our water, and pay attention to the pollutants messing up both.
  — Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2019
• As a home chef, candle-lover, and cat mom, there are a lot of competing scents and pollutants in my home.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
• The aim: to get rid of greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
• These plants capture more pollutants than smooth leaves and the density of the leaves matters as well (hence, no trees).
  — oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
• To remove even more pollutants from the home, look for a vacuum with a HEPA filter.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2023
• Air quality in the West barely meets the EPA’s standard for one type of air pollutant.
  — NBC News, 22 Mar. 2022
• For now, the agency is asking the plants to do the testing voluntarily and take steps to rid the pollutants from the waste stream.
  — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2019
• These are days with high concentrations of these pollutants in the air.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
• Particles that are large enough to be seen floating in the air, yet are small enough to be inhaled, make up a group of pollutants known as PM10.
  — Tiffany Means, Treehugger, 7 June 2023
• And smoke is more than a pollutant; it’s unburned fuel.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2018
• The pollutants have fueled algae growth in the water, which destroys sea grass — the main source of food for the state’s beloved manatees.
  — Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
• The pollutant makes its way into fish and can destroy cropland.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
• The source of each pollutant is difficult to nail down, according to the South Coast district.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• The problem is that there are many other pathways that these pollutants can take to enter your body, such as through food.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
• The main pollutant that comes from the fire is called particular matter, or PM.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2018
• That’s because there’s an increase in pollutants and pollen.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 6 May 2024
• Connecting the drainage to the park will keep rainwater runoff from intense storms from flowing into Biscayne Bay and bringing with it a host of pollutants.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025