How to Use biohazard in a Sentence

biohazard

noun
  • The gasoline spill created a serious biohazard.
  • The foot was then placed in a red biohazard bag and placed in a freezer.
    — Jessica Van Egeren, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Nearby in the video was a white sheet marked with a biohazard symbol and two faces.
    — Chad Arnold, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The lab agreed to send the state 6,000 swabs and biohazard bags to start as well.
    — Julia Fair, Cincinnati.com, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The vaccine itself was stored in a locked room marked with biohazard safety posters.
    — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The waste from your trash, from the hotel room, goes into a yellow bag with a biohazard sign on it.
    — James Gorman, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2021
  • Brown reportedly put the foot in a biohazard bag and placed it in a freezer.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2022
  • That said, scrubbing into work at a biohazard lab takes a lot longer than clicking in a seatbelt.
    — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The user can simply toss the patch in the trash, no need for biohazard containers.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 17 July 2017
  • The user can simply toss the patch in the trash, no need for biohazard containers.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 18 July 2017
  • Samples returned from the moon were treated with the same level of care as biohazards.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Apr. 2020
  • There reportedly was so much spit the cruiser had to be cleaned for biohazards.
    — Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Every tube will enter a plastic biohazard bag with the patient’s name.
    — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 25 Apr. 2020
  • They absolutely don't get paid enough to clean a human waste biohazard.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024
  • My world became sterile gauze, saline flushes, biohazard bins.
    — Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The sprayer should then be properly disposed of in a sharps or biohazard container.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • On this day, the sky itself, blazing biohazard orange, sounded a silent but urgent alarm.
    — Kelsey Rexroat, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2021
  • My visit to the pig facility felt like touring a biohazard site.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Yellen says all wore disposable biohazard suits, along with booties, gloves and full-face respirators.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2020
  • His landlord had his belongings removed and hired a biohazard company to clean the unit.
    — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Some of these attractions in the maze include a biohazard unit, a butcher shop, a poacher camp and a witch’s cauldron.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Some of these attractions in the maze include a biohazard unit, a butcher shop, a poacher camp and a witch’s cauldron.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Some of these attractions in the maze include a biohazard unit, a butcher shop, a poacher camp and a witch’s cauldron.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Some of these attractions in the maze include a biohazard unit, a butcher shop, a poacher camp and a witch’s cauldron.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So, what constitutes a biohazard significant enough to reroute a plane?
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Another in goggles and the white cover-all biohazard suit that has become an all too familiar sight.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Thank goodness the house was vacant and no one needed a hotel room or dog boarding during the removal of the rat-rich biohazard.
    — Leslie Sargent Eskildsen, Orange County Register, 25 Mar. 2017
  • Storage drums and boxes, including some marked with biohazard warnings, are scattered across the floor.
    — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 18 Mar. 2020
  • The package and contents were disposed of per biohazard waste removal standards, troopers said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Picker also shared a photo of urine samples outside the biohazard lab area, sitting on a desk next to personal items and snacks.
    — Alice Hines, ProPublica, 20 Jan. 2026

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