How to Use anaerobic in a Sentence

anaerobic

adjective
  • Some bacteria are aerobic and others are anaerobic.
  • Weight lifting is an anaerobic exercise.
  • Use of anaerobic digesters to biodegrade food waste in homes.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • Around large farms, this waste is often contained in anaerobic lagoons.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 18 Sep. 2018
  • If a compost pile is anaerobic, there are more serious consequences than the stench.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • This distance requires a good dose of both aerobic work (from your slow-twitch fibers) and anaerobic work (from your fast-twitch fibers).
    — Ali Nolan, SELF, 16 June 2022
  • Thanks to an anaerobic digester (turning waste into energy), there isn't even a trash can.
    — Tabitha Joyce, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2019
  • That jibes with the horde of anaerobic bacteria (those that live without oxygen) that inhabit the colon.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2018
  • That's in contrast to food-rich seafloor sites, where anaerobic bacteria dominate.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 29 July 2020
  • The greater the remaining anaerobic capacity, the faster the last lap.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The result is an airtight, anaerobic environment that keeps spoilage out and goodness in.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The resulting organics are then squeezed out and added to a slurry that goes into the anaerobic digester.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Their sprint-type activities are anaerobic and are followed by periods of rest before they are called to run again.
    — Brian Lynn, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Anaerobic digesters have a solid safety track record, Christensen says.
    — Zach Kyle, idahostatesman, 20 July 2017
  • Too much moisture can lead to anaerobic conditions, which slow down decomposition and, well, cause your pile to stink!
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 May 2023
  • If that is diverted to an anaerobic digester, there’s 65-70% left.
    — Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2022
  • Your biggest fibers, these produce the most force and operate on a diet of almost all anaerobic energy.
    — Outside Online, 17 July 2020
  • This process drives your body into anaerobic respiration and can push your heart to 90 percent of its maximal heart rate.
    — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2022
  • Metal sulfides left behind by anaerobic bacteria and the breakdown of iron artifacts were sopped by the wood while the ship was submerged.
    — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Their catuai variety is processed using an anaerobic slow dry method where beans are screened-in and left to dry outdoors for 12 days.
    — Sarah Burchard, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • On Earth, phosphine is often found in places that host anaerobic life, including lakes, marshes, paddy fields and in the sludge of landfills.
    — Katrina Miller, Wired, 14 July 2021
  • The manure had been held in an anaerobic digester tank, which began operating at the port in 2013.
    — oregonlive.com, 25 July 2019
  • Some of the unsold beer is being used as feed for anaerobic digesters to create organic fertilizer for farming, the group said.
    — Bloomberg.com, 3 June 2019
  • In the coming decade, Smithfield plans to cover 90 percent of its hog waste lagoons with these anaerobic digesters.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The Earth spent some two billion years without oxygen in its atmosphere, bereft of life beyond a few anaerobic microorganisms.
    — Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Some of the largest dairy farms have installed anaerobic methane digesters that convert manure gas into fuel used to run vehicles like buses and trucks.
    — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Once ingested, it is reduced to NO2 by anaerobic bacteria in the mouth.
    — NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Once the fermenter is filled, carbon dioxide is pumped into the tank to flush out any oxygen; creating an anaerobic environment.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The ambition was to promote anaerobic digesters for cow manure among clusters of dairy farms across the United States.
    — John Fialka, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The waste is then composted at an anaerobic digester, which creates renewable energy from the process, Williams said.
    — Shannon Larson, courant.com, 5 July 2019

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