How to Use acetylene in a Sentence

acetylene

noun
  • This leads to the buildup of more complex gaseous compounds, such as ethylene and acetylene.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2015
  • Fortunately, the use of a hot wrench (oxy-acetylene torch) or a hacksaw will cure the problem in a jiffy.
    — Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
  • When, near the end, the Jets corner her and almost force a rape, her disgust cuts through the screen like an acetylene torch.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Welding or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame is not allowed.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • It was created with an acetylene torch, creating fissures of holes and bumps throughout the jagged piece.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Scott Prather, the oldest and most experienced of the three men, used an acetylene torch to cut the first bell's yolk from the frame.
    — Lynn Ischay, cleveland.com, 27 May 2017
  • The man accused of cracking safes around Greater Cincinnati with an acetylene torch is now facing even more charges.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This requires me to use an acetylene torch, which has been one of the more empowering tools to master during my PhD.
    — Renée Zurui Wang, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • Welding, metal grinding or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame except by permit.
    — NBC News, 15 July 2023
  • What’s more, acetylene-munching microbes on Earth can draw energy from the organic compound.
    — National Geographic, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The gas canisters spread across the roadway contained oxygen, argon and acetylene, Jachles said.
    — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 May 2017
  • The gang makes it out of that situation more or less fine, but surprise — acetylene has been leaking out accidentally the entire time.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Where electricity was not available, the city used gas acetylene tanks to illuminate warning traffic safety signs.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • With acetylene explosions, underwater tubes, and glow-in-the-dark wallpaper, the work put in on the course seems considerable.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The Cassini and Huygens probes observed both the lack of an ethane layer around the moon and a lack of acetylene on its surface, though both were expected.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
  • The gun seen firing in the film is another mock-up which was not mounted on the helicopter and which consisted of metal tubing with spark plugs to ignite acetylene as it was blown through the barrels.
    — Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Although some gases, such as acetylene and ethylene, have been spotted on Titan, Malaska said the conditions aren't right for that process to form the labyrinths.
    — Nola Taylor Redd, Fox News, 13 June 2017
  • The Warped Perception folks experiment with using isopropyl alcohol and acetylene as fuels instead of gas, and the engine clearly doesn't care too much for those.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2017
  • Most of their early manhole explosion research focused on the conditions that lead to an explosion, which turns out to be a certain mixture of carbon monoxide, methane, ethylene and acetylene.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2015
  • But unless somebody ships a load of acetylene torches to Toyota's indefatigable product planners, that's an improbable upgrade.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Other add-ons that can be seen on bikes in the museum’s collection include acetylene gas headlamps, map cases, tool-carrying attachments and, for ladies’ bicycles, a skirt guard so the fabric would not become tangled in the wheel spokes.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Building up a database To make the cosmic dust, Losurdo started with nitrogen, carbon dioxide and acetylene — a colorless, odorless gas made up of carbon and hydrogen.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Investigators found that some equipment Jacob used for welding was missing from the home’s garage, including an acetylene tank, which is a highly explosive gas that can be ignited by static electricity if confined in a small space.
    — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Authorities initially said the explosion had been caused by a truck carrying acetylene, another extremely flammable compound, that had been entering a different facility near the Shenghua plant.
    — Josh Chin, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Astronauts on a mission to Mars will need robotic helpers, but the proposition of packing them in bulk quantities or bringing bulky manufacturing rigs and explosive gases for acetylene torches to manufacture them on site isn’t feasible.
    — Joseph Flaherty, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2014

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