How to Use polystyrene in a Sentence

polystyrene

noun

• Geneviève’s face is made of white polystyrene, with no eyes.
  — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
• Dylan sunk his hand down in the polystyrene.
  — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
• The bean bag is filled with polystyrene beads that conform to your shape.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
• The use of polystyrene had been declining for more than a decade.
  — Alexandra Ossola, Quartz, 3 May 2020
• But there’re so many other fillers beside polystyrene, right?
  — Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• Twelve states have banned polystyrene foam, which may be the reason for the switch to paper cups.
  — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
• What’s left for the landfill are items like plastic film used to bag supplies or polystyrene.
  — National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2020
• Some buildings were built of polystyrene, upon which artists drew fake facades.
  — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• Neither is polystyrene foam (like that found in meat packaging).
  — Elena Shao, SFChronicle.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• Some of the boys didn’t know how to swim and were stuffing pieces of polystyrene down their underwear to keep them afloat.
  — Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 29 May 2018
• The works are all backed either by a type of durable plastic called polystyrene or by an aluminum panel.
  — Ted Loos, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2017
• But the polystyrene still held up its end of the bargain, and there’s a flexible blueprint here.
  — ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
• The research team’s idea was that polystyrene could be a great fit for that structural component.
  — ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
• Clearly polystyrene is a poor diet for the larvae, Rinke says.
  — Fionna Samuels, Scientific American, 9 June 2022
• One of the worst forms of plastic is polystyrene, or Styrofoam.
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 3 Mar. 2021
• In some locations, polystyrene peanuts.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
• Before, Nissin’s polystyrene cup was not suitable for the microwave.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• How could there not be a warning label plastered all over everything made with polystyrene foam by now?
  — chicagotribune.com, 15 Feb. 2022
• Products made with polystyrene are hard to recycle, and can break into small pieces that scatter in the wind.
  — Tracy Loew, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
• Yet Maryland is poised to become the first state to ban polystyrene food containers next year.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• The legislation would have made Maryland the first state to ban polystyrene foam.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• These containers contain polystyrene, which makes up a large amount of the microplastics found in the oceans.
  — Beth Krietsch, SELF, 19 May 2022
• The researchers offered up polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride and six other types of plastic.
  — Ben Guarino, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 Oct. 2017
• Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene have been widely shared and known.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
• The head was made of black polystyrene, the wing folds were made of black elastic stocking, and the whole contraption was covered in felt.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
• The eateries will also eschew the use of polystyrene cups and plates, plastic take-out and beverage cups.
  — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 May 2017
• The rest of the castle was crafted from polystyrene, which was covered in white fondant icing adorned with gold foliage.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
• However, a simple solution is to use a cooler made from polystyrene foam.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• The disappearance of polystyrene is likely to be the first thing consumers notice.
  — Susanne Ruststaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
• After heavy rains, polystyrene items can be seen in storm drains and on beaches, where tiny pieces often end up in the and marine animals.
  — Priscella Vegastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2020