sulfurous

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for sulfurous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sulfurous
Adjective
  • The infernal noise was an equal opportunity terrifier — frightening both men and women.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 Oct. 2025
  • His infernal fantasies connect to Riley’s haunted autobiographies, her family photos rewoven into monumental weavings.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • Aeacus, a judge of the dead, and Thanatos, winged daemon of death, are chthonic.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • 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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