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Recent Examples of sulfurous
Ours is a geography of cataclysm: Santa Anas wreak their psychic wrath; the odor of disaster seeps from the street like that sulfurous egg smell of the La Brea Tar Pits.
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John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Tonsil stones are made up of trapped bacteria, mucus, dead cells, and other materials that can create a foul, sulfurous (egg-like) odor.64
Tonsil stones aren't typically dangerous to swallow.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
With each gust, the steam shifts direction and envelopes visitors in a sulfurous, opaque mist.
—Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2025
The large red ring is sulfurous fallout from the plume of the Pele volcano.
—Robin Andrews, Wired News, 15 June 2025
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John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Tonsil stones are made up of trapped bacteria, mucus, dead cells, and other materials that can create a foul, sulfurous (egg-like) odor.64
Tonsil stones aren't typically dangerous to swallow.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
With each gust, the steam shifts direction and envelopes visitors in a sulfurous, opaque mist.
—Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2025
The large red ring is sulfurous fallout from the plume of the Pele volcano.
—Robin Andrews, Wired News, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sulfurous
Adjective
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The infernal noise was an equal opportunity terrifier — frightening both men and women.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
2 Oct. 2025
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His infernal fantasies connect to Riley’s haunted autobiographies, her family photos rewoven into monumental weavings.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Come for the downward spiral of hellish despair, stay for macabre goat Black Phillip and the ominous climax.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Poor Rosemary is tricked by those closest to her through what is quite literally a hellish pregnancy, culminating in an unforgettable ending and an enduring performance from a wide-eyed Farrow.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Aeacus, a judge of the dead, and Thanatos, winged daemon of death, are chthonic.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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That’s because the Greeks distinguished between Olympian gods, who lived on Mt. Olympus, and chthonic gods, who lived in the underworld.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Sulfurous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sulfurous. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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