How to Use camphor in a Sentence

camphor

noun
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  • Some people add camphor to the oil before applying it to the skin.
    — Heather L. Brannon, Md, Verywell Health, 29 June 2023
  • Finally, it's smoked in a gentle camphor wood fire, with a chef having to change the wood midway through the process.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 23 May 2021
  • This elegant novel leaves a haunting scent of camphor in the air.
    — Susan Wyndham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Some restaurants will use special types of wood, such as camphor wood or lychee wood, to give the bird a special smoky taste.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
  • After, Adibi put camphor oil in a glass of water and rubbed the mixture on the corpse’s forehead, palms, knees, foot and fingertips.
    — Melissa Etehadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Surrounded by mountains that form the face of a tiger, the basin is lined by pathways, dense camphor trees and Taiwan acacia.
    — Smithsonian, 6 June 2017
  • Aged Puerh tea often comes with the smell of camphor mothballs and old newspaper, which some would say is normal.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Burned black and split open, the camphor trees outside it initially were believed lost—but a few years after the blast, new growth began to appear.
    — Amy Briggs, National Geographic, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Camphoraceous: The herbal, woody, warm-cool scent of camphor, eucalyptus, and thyme.
    — Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Kelpie finishes long with the aroma of molasses from the initial nosing returning, and with notes of deep-sea kelp, dank moss and camphor.
    — Jim Brucker, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2017
  • The food is prepared in a gleaming steel kitchen and served at a brightly illuminated camphor-wood counter with 16 seats.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • The dominant note is filé, ground sassafras leaves, which lends a flavor somewhere between root beer and camphor.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2017
  • The tongue-tingling peppercorns add warm touches of camphor and citrus.
    — Max Falkowitz, Saveur, 4 June 2018
  • The crews were targeting about a dozen trees in the uplands, including towering camphors.
    — Ryan Gillespie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The vendor has other unique blends, like a candle that includes camphor (a type of evergreen), citrus and berry fragrances.
    — Lindsey Vickers, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2020
  • There’s just enough of its camphor undertone to bring dimension, without smacking of medicine.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Keep bugs at bay by planting the lavandin variety, which has a high concentration of camphor.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Look for treatments that use ingredients such as camphor, zinc, and sulfur.
    — Marissa Desantis, Teen Vogue, 17 Oct. 2017
  • These patches also have camphor, menthol, and methyl salicylate in them (think: Icy Hot), which likely adds to the relief.
    — The Editors, Marie Claire, 17 Apr. 2019
  • But the research just isn't there to say whether the other stuff that brands advertise leaving out — like xylene, gluten, and camphor — is harmful or penetrates nails, says Rieder.
    — Allure, 12 Sep. 2021
  • So time had a scent, of warm, sweet sandalwood, cooling camphor, cypress with its evergreen kiss — and under it all, a char on the air, a memory of something set on fire.
    — New York Times, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Leu Gardens is highlighted due to the towering camphor trees that lined the driveway when Harry P. Leu resided within the urban green space.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The brand's Rescue Mask provides a mixture of almond, honey, and caolin clay to cleanse the pores, while camphor extract reduces skin’s inflammation.
    — Akili King, Vogue, 28 May 2021
  • Volunteers in Santee planted live oaks, camphor and Arizona ash trees.
    — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Because of its resistance to insects, pleasing grain pattern and scent, camphor has long been used for furniture to store clothing.
    — Carolyn Patten | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • To test his hypothesis, the physician dosed a man with schizophrenia with a seizure-inducing chemical called camphor.
    — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Weathers also collects and uses camphor glass in some of her jewelry designs.
    — Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • After the evening meal, eat lettuce, drink wine, and rub an ointment made of the oil of violets or camphor on the temples. Dissolve a mixture of poppy seeds, lettuce seeds, balsam, saffron, and sugar and cook it in poppy juice.
    — Jessica Brown, CNN, 15 May 2017
  • These nail polishes don’t have any toxic formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalate (DBP), formaldehyde resin or camphor that are common in nail polishes.
    — Dana Holmes, CNN Underscored, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The shade, named for the flowering shrub, gives just a pop of color and is eight-free — no formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, formaldehyde resin, camphor, xylene, ethyl tosylamide, triphenyl phosphate and parabens — vegan and cruelty free.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 22 Mar. 2018

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