How to Use creosote in a Sentence

creosote

noun
Definition of creosotenext
  • To sum it up, the more creosote, the higher risk of fire.
    — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 1 Nov. 2019
  • One day, a guard walked up to this kid and pushed him in the creosote bin.
    — Winfred Rembert, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
  • Tree stumps and old fence posts rise amid the creosote and waist-high tamarisk.
    — Anne Burke, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The damper should operate freely, and the flue should be free of any creosote buildup.
    — John Nugent, Chron, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Now, the ruins of an adobe house stand among the creosote bushes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Dirty chimneys — those with a build-up of creosote — can cause fires.
    — Pat Setter, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • The smell of creosote floats up from the floor in the factory, made from slices of wood that go back decades, to the days when weapons were packed there.
    — Ely Portillo, charlotteobserver, 25 Jan. 2018
  • While driving along, a shiny gleam in the creosote bushes caught my eye.
    — James Card, New York Times, 25 July 2017
  • There’s creosote, which is this bush that smells amazing.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022
  • Their flammable oils will coat your chimney with creosote and increase your risk of a fire.
    — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The hills are covered in creosote and mesquite, the gullies are full of sage, and there are lots of prickly pears and saw palmetto.
    — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2021
  • He had been shipped there for crimes against the Directorate and had spent years driving truckloads of creosote to the canyon and dumping them in.
    — Author: Garrison Keillor, Alaska Dispatch News, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Build-ups of creosote in the chimney lining can ignite from sparks and embers.
    — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Keep an eye out for the foundations of the defunct Spur Cross dude ranch crumbling among cholla and creosote shrubs.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Fresher evergreens are full of sap and creosote, and produce a dirty, oily smoke.
    — Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Soot can harden on chimney walls as flammable creosote.
    — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Keeping company with the ironwood trees are mesquite, paloverde, creosote and saguaro.
    — latimes.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Which is why locals and former Phoenicians alike enjoy hanging a bushel of creosote in the shower for a dreamy steam.
    — Arizona Republic and Reviewed Staff, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2019
  • A sprig from a creosote bush infuses the steam in our shower stall with notes of the western Grand Canyon: tarry, resinous, bitter but rich.
    — Michael Engelhard, Alaska Dispatch News, 1 July 2017
  • The trail is wide and plush with saguaros, cholla, ocotillo, creosote, yucca and granite boulders.
    — Sonja Haller, azcentral, 9 Feb. 2015
  • They’re not intended to contain the type of intense fire caused by burning creosote.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Burning the tree can contribute to creosote buildup results in a chimney fire.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • At Boulder Harbor, an inlet shimmers in the sun next to desert slopes where the retreating lake has left lines etched in the dry soil among the creosote bushes.
    — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2021
  • These gasses can condense and create deposits of creosote on the chimney liner.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Over the years, numerous spills, accidents and a fire in the early 1970s had fouled the plant grounds and Bayou Bonfouca with creosote.
    — Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 18 May 2018
  • The distinctive fragrance produced by creosote oil has been described as sweet and earthy.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2021
  • In the throbbing summer heat, willow groves smell like creosote below an old railroad.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2020
  • After scraping away excess creosote, Mueller checks the firebox for cracks or gaps between bricks.
    — Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Fireplace: Have a professional clean the chimney of a wood-burning fireplace to remove built-up soot and flammable creosote once a year.
    — oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Rodents in the Mojave Desert have evolved to eat toxic creosote bushes with the help of specialized gut bacteria.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2014

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