How to Use acetone in a Sentence

acetone

noun
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • No harsh odors and acetone-free.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Just dab in acetone and use it to clean up your cute designs.
    — Tanya Edwards, CNN Underscored, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Toluene, methanol, acetone and ethyl acetate are all flammable.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • In the kitchen, a can of acetone was found near the stove, which had been pulled away from the wall.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Fill your glass bowl with about an inch of acetone nail polish remover.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Simply soak a cotton ball in acetone, and wrap each nail in that in tin foil.
    — Emily Shiffer, womenshealthmag.com, 2 June 2023
  • Plus, cotton balls are able to hold on to the acetone better as your nails soak.
    — Allure, 30 Aug. 2018
  • Wash your hands, remove any old polish, and then wipe down your nails with acetone.
    — Allure, 14 July 2021
  • Pour about 3 inches of acetone into your bowl and place your hand in it.
    — ELLE, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The foil traps body heat to make the acetone work more effectively.
    — Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Keto breath may smell like acetone—the same stuff used in nail polish remover.
    — Maria Masters, Health, 21 Aug. 2023
  • To declaw, buff glue-on styles and soak your fingertips in acetone.
    — Baze Mpinja, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Ying calmly wiped my skin down with acetone nail polish remover, and boom—gone.
    — Cindi Leive, Glamour, 3 May 2017
  • Carefully take your cotton ball and blot or dab the area (do not smear) with acetone.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Soak cotton balls cut to the size of your nails in acetone and wrap each nail in plastic wrap to hold it in place.
    — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Most people would like to avoid nail- and skin-drying solvents like acetone and ethanol.
    — Lorraine Wilde, Treehugger, 23 Jan. 2023
  • For at least fifteen minutes, sit your hands in the bowl and allow the nails to soak in the pure acetone.
    — Asia Milia Ware, Teen Vogue, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Any acetone or nonacetone nail polish remover will do.
    — Taryn Brooke, Glamour, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The idea was that the holes in the graphene are tuned to be the right size to capture molecules of acetone gas.
    — New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Ames added that the owner of the salon told her to come in to pick up some acetone solution.
    — Shacamree Gowdy, Chron, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The smell of nail polish and acetone has always been quite nostalgic for me since.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 11 May 2019

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