How to Use acid rain in a Sentence

acid rain

noun
  • Smoke covered the city while acid rain and oily rain fell.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Even lemon juice and orange juice are more acidic than acid rain.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 10 May 2018
  • The city of Tehran is under acid rain.
    — Mishal Husain, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Overnight, the smoke coiled upward and gave way to acid rain that stained the city black.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The vog's sulfuric acid droplets would fall, too -- thus, acid rain.
    — Jason Hanna, CNN, 10 May 2018
  • Coquina rock is an ancient mixture of shells, sand, and acid rain.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
  • Pitting, tiny holes created by acid rain decades ago, will be filled.
    — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • Again, much like acid rain, the problem hasn’t totally gone away.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022
  • This last step will keep acid rain, dirt and road salt from attacking the plastic, at least for a while.
    — Michael Austin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2017
  • Much like acid rain, the hole in the ozone layer caused governments to take action.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022
  • Life on Earth suffered through scorching heat, acid rain, and wildfires.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 28 May 2024
  • Ultraviolet rays beat down from the sun and acid rain breaks down a paint’s clear coat over months and years.
    — Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2022
  • Sulfur dioxide, for example, could eat away at the ozone layer or cause acid rain.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Chopin’s tomb is restored every year due to acid rain and other pollution.
    — Liesl Bradner, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The eruption would have spewed greenhouse gases and sulfur dioxide, which can cause acid rain.
    — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The book in front of us today is one for which many people have waited — as if outside, in the acid rain — a long time.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Most notable are those that firmed up the causal link between ‘acid rain’ and eggshell malformation in birds.
    — Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
  • There's carbon dioxide, which alters the climate, and sulfates that form aerosols and lead to acid rain.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Those who have stayed on the island are at risk for earthquakes, lava flows, acid rain, toxic gases, and ash.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The gray trunks of red spruce trees killed by acid rain once heavily scarred the mountain forests of the Northeast.
    — Lisa Rathke, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2018
  • The ozone hole and acid rain were not fixed with the first international agreements on the table.
    — Hannah Ritchie, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The asteroid impact also sparked wildfires, tsunamis and acid rain.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
  • This can become acid rain, which kills the forests that take CO2 from the atmosphere.
    — Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The gas has also been linked to acid rain and respiratory illness.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Could the release of vinyl chloride in East Palestine cause acid rain throughout the state?
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The chances of acid rain and toxic clouds remain low, though the volcanic ash in the air could pose a risk to residents of the island.
    — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2021
  • One study found that acid rain would eventually damage an area almost the size of Germany.
    — Ian Willms, National Geographic, 11 Apr. 2019
  • However, the case of acid rain raises serious questions about whether this is the right approach.
    — Rachel Rothschild, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2015
  • Heavy rains are adding to the danger, mixing with the ash to create potential mudslides, flooding and acid rain.
    — Christopher Dawson, CNN, 7 June 2018
  • The ominous cloud of acid rain hasn’t vanished but rather drifted toward the developing world.
    — Big Think, 24 June 2024

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