How to Use hydrogen sulfide in a Sentence

hydrogen sulfide

noun
Definition of hydrogen sulfidenext
  • It’s the rancid odor of hydrogen sulfide coming from the lake.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The odor test showed the lake’s hydrogen sulfide levels were at 0.3 parts per million.
    — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The highest hydrogen sulfide reading was about a fourth of the EPA's limit.
    — Laura Gómez, azcentral, 7 May 2018
  • As the three men walked across the site, a sinkhole of hot oil and hydrogen sulfide opened beneath Taylor’s feet and swallowed him.
    — ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Methane and hydrogen sulfide are now burned off and the sewery stink has been subdued.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Martínez Lara doesn't have the luxury of avoiding the hydrogen sulfide gas.
    — Mark Stevenson, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The toxic hydrogen sulfide can also harm corals, and wafts the scent of rotten eggs across beaches.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • And signs next to open pools of wastewater warn about toxic emissions of hydrogen sulfide.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • This makes your body produce hydrogen sulfide gas and leads to farting.
    — Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Dead zones in the oceans today emit poisonous hydrogen sulfide.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 29 June 2019
  • Breathing in the mix of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the cave can kill a person.
    — Eleanor C. Hasenbeck, The Know, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The gas was reported to be hydrogen sulfide and butane.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • Some of the marine bacteria that move in when a ship sinks munch on sulfur and release a compound called hydrogen sulfide.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2018
  • If the gas — hydrogen sulfide — is released, residents will be notified and would need to be removed from the area, Ige said.
    — NBC News, 23 May 2018
  • Its oil comes out of the ground with a potentially fatal gas, hydrogen sulfide.
    — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Leaking hydrogen sulfide, which reeks of rotten eggs, has turned the air toxic, making each breath burn.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Fortunately, the hydrogen sulfide gas that’s the cause of the smell has begun, after more than five weeks, to diminish.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The top notes, very volatile and quickly dispersed, are ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
    — Harold McGee, Wired, 6 Nov. 2020
  • One scientist has warned that Istanbul will come to stink of bad eggs from hydrogen sulfide.
    — New York Times, 21 June 2018
  • Scientists were in the area looking for a cold seep — fissures in the seafloor where gases like methane and hydrogen sulfide bubble out.
    — Mark Price, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
  • One of the dogs fell into a cistern used to collect rainwater, which had also filled with hydrogen sulfide gas.
    — David Matthews New York Daily News (tns), al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Mount Hood is an active volcano, so climbers are used to a rotten egg odor that often comes from hydrogen sulfide that vents through the rocks in areas called fumaroles.
    — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 8 Dec. 2020
  • For one thing, they are often filled with dissolved hydrogen sulfide, a poisonous substance that can be absorbed through the skin and cause headaches, dizziness and nausea.
    — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The notices allege the emissions of hydrogen sulfide caused a public nuisance.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Aside from lending credence to Uranus jokes, the hydrogen sulfide discovery sheds light (or maybe smell) on how planets and the solar system formed, the release said.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The creatures of the deep are adapted to the pressure, the cold, and other extreme conditions, such as low oxygen levels or high levels of hydrogen sulfide.
    — Joel Achenbach, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • According to Sheriff Cook, the opening of the hole the victims fell into was roughly 4 feet wide and contained 8 feet of water, as well as hydrogen sulfide gas.
    — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
  • At times the plant was also discharging methane at levels that could be flammable and hydrogen sulfide in amounts that could cause injury or death if it was inhaled.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
  • But the plastic liners degraded quickly, and the wine would soon reek of dirty socks or rotten eggs, thanks to high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
  • At the surface, acetylene, hydrogen sulfides and phosphine molecules brush the planet into varied swirls that ring the planet.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024

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