How to Use sulfur in a Sentence

sulfur

noun
  • Here the glamour of the 50s meets the sulfur of the 70s.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The air was smokey and acrid, overwhelmed by the scent of sulfur.
    — oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Some limit the amount of sulfur added to a wine in the cellar.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
  • Light a match, wait a second for the sulfur to burn off, then hold the flame near the top of your glass.
    — Rebekah Peppler, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • On the flip side, sulfur is very cheap and fairly easy to work with.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The pH can be decreased with sulfur and increased with the use of lime.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Two of the 16 CSX train cars that derailed were breached, spilling molten sulfur.
    — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And, even more oddly, there was sulfur on the surface of the white dwarf as well.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Change the oxygen to a sulfur, and the conditions change yet again.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Among the challenges is that oil from the Persian Gulf tends to have more sulfur.
    — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Mounds of what looked like grain had spilled from the train cars and molten sulfur, like lava, crawled across the grass.
    — Dan Schwartz, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There were three asphalt cars and four sulfur cars in the river.
    — Time, 25 June 2023
  • The creepy glow was caused by the sulfur, officials said.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Also, a great zinc sulfur mask is a must for me at the moment as well.
    — Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The air reeked of sulfur and was tinged with burning asphalt.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Amend the Soil Based on the results of the soil-test kit, amend the soil with lime, peat moss, or sulfur, as discussed in Step 2.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Plus, the lower the sulfur, the less your eyeballs suffer.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
  • Worth a shot as well: lactic acid and sulfur, which help keep pores clear.
    — Deanna Pai, Women's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But the chemistry has been tricky as both sulfur and lithium can be volatile.
    — Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 18 July 2024
  • The ratios of iron to sulfur, and iron to potassium, are not the same, either.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2021
  • First, oil can be sour or sweet,a range that indicates how much sulfur is in the crude.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The normal way to halt a fermentation would be to add a bunch of sulfur to a wine, killing off the yeast.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 27 Feb. 2020
  • If the test proves the soil is alkaline, amend it with sulfur or pine needles.
    — Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2023
  • Scientists were surprised not to find traces of sulfur in the core.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Method and Madness once used Tokaji casks that were too dry and had a slight sulfur note.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2020
  • The rail cars that fell in the water contained asphalt, molten sulfur and scrap metal, the EPA said.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN, 2 July 2023
  • If the soil is very alkaline‚ over 8.0‚ lower the pH by adding sulfur.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2018
  • If the soil is very alkaline—over 8.0—lower the pH by adding sulfur.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2019
  • To lower the pH, the lab suggested applying sulfur in the fall or in spring.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the iron in our blood and the sulfur in our amino acids originated in stars that detonated billions of years ago.
    — Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025

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