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Recent Examples of sulfurous
Reaction fronts were enriched with iron, phosphorous, and sulfurous compounds.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sulfurous
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And then there are the infernal workers who make sure that Lucifer’s realm runs smoothly, among them farting devils, giants in chains, and a flying monster with the body of a serpent and the face of an honest man.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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For its first half, Frankenstein the movie is an infernal construction not unlike the monster at its center, a lavish assemblage of elements that have electricity but no soul.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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This is going to be a hellish legislative session — again — for many Florida lawmakers.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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Then, in the distance, a camera flash lit up a hellish sight—wreathed in the smoke from village fires, a great black pipe organ, as tall as the houses on either side, heaved and rolled across the square.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
21 Dec. 2025
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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 11 Jan. 2026.
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