How to Use nitrous oxide in a Sentence

nitrous oxide

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Definition of nitrous oxidenext
  • The engineers of the new rocket wanted to check the flow rates of nitrous oxide.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Wanke, 25, worked at the store, located in Athens, that sold the nitrous oxide that Wiant inhaled.
    — Fox News, 20 Nov. 2019
  • One more novel shift: Starbucks wants to find a way to make whipped cream without the use of nitrous oxide.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Once the mask is removed, the effects of nitrous oxide quickly wear off.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
  • And the habit of the early films of relying on the injection of nitrous oxide fuel to speed up a car — akin to the warp speed of sci-fi — is cheesy at best.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
  • When the valve is opened, the mixture is propelled from the can by nitrous oxide (laughing gas), and the gas expands rapidly to create a foam.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2022
  • One of my projects measures nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that can be formed by microbes.
    — Renée Zurui Wang, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • Methane and nitrous oxide made up more than half of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019.
    — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Farming and forestry can emit greenhouse gases like methane, nitrous oxide and CO2, but can also store it in the soil and in trees.
    — Ellen Anderson, Star Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Heather just sat there, petals strewn all over the floor like nitrous oxide cartridges outside of a London nightclub.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 June 2021
  • Used for nitrous oxide — one of our fun party favorites.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The crusade against methane and nitrous oxide will be all pain and no gain for farmers and for those who consume their produce.
    — Richard Lindzen, National Review, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The first thing to know is that nitric oxide isn’t the same as nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, or the stuff that gets you a little high at the dentist.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
  • That's because most of our row crops are conventional and have that turning of the soil, which have nitrous oxide emissions and all that.
    — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • When not in this special testing mode, the engines could emit up to 40 times the legal limit of harmful nitrous oxides.
    — Andrew Del-Colle, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2015
  • The spray uses nitrous oxide to prevent the virus from incubating and spreading to the lungs, the company said.
    — Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2021
  • Instead these laws seek to prohibit the sale of the objects designed for abusing nitrous oxide.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Planes spew out carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, as well as nitrous oxides, which produce the greenhouse gas ozone.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Their report states that a 13-year-old boy was found a short distance from the grounds and admitting to taking nitrous oxide, cannabis and alcohol.
    — Lilly Milman, Billboard, 30 May 2018
  • So do punitive measures like New Zealand’s plan to require farmers to start paying a price for the methane that cows belch and the nitrous oxide that comes from their urine.
    — Noah Gordon, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
  • There's nitrous oxide—yes, the stuff used at the dentist’s office—seeping out of the soil, thanks to all that nitrogen fertilizer.
    — David Biello, Scientific American, 16 July 2013
  • According to DreamWorks’ latest flick, the trick to turning a snail into an Indy 500 champ is a quick bath in nitrous oxide.
    — Elisa Neckar, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2013
  • The first was the traditional method, entailing a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen, while the second method entailed the use of a VR headset.
    — Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The same is ordered for nitrous oxide and methane, two other greenhouse gases.
    — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Brussels sprouts are among the highest producers of nitrous oxide.
    — Meara Sharma, Philly.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • When cattle waste gets into the soil, the ammonia converts into the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Sep. 2021
  • But in recent days, the site allegedly received a large shipment of butane, as well as propane, nitrous oxide and other products.
    — Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The officer noted that the driver’s eyelids were barely open and that nitrous oxide canisters were on his lap.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 1 Nov. 2019
  • A lot of leakage would extend the life of some greenhouse gases such as methane or nitrous oxides in the atmosphere, further warming the planet.
    — S. Julio Friedmann, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The Prosecutor's Office stated in a release that the teen was struck by a nitrous oxide canister.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2024

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