How to Use bromine in a Sentence

bromine

noun
  • So the team tried adding bromine to its growing cyanobacteria.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2021
  • That is, an excess amount of the element bromine had built up in his body.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Chemicals like chlorine and bromine are added to swimming pools to fight germs.
    — Karen Weintraub, New York Times, 16 June 2017
  • Other compounds, such as bromine, have also played a role in depleting the ozone layer.
    — Bárbara Pinho, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Pool Type The most common types of pools and spas are chlorine, bromine, or saltwater.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
  • The largest sources of bromine come from the Dead Sea or within the United States.
    — Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
  • But a group based on a metal, such as tin, and a halogen, such as chlorine, bromine or iodine, do have that property.
    — The Economist, 23 May 2020
  • This is an ailment related to excessive bromine.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The Siberian lithosphere was loaded with chlorine, bromine, and iodine.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2018
  • The first attaches bromine atoms to aromatic rings in the polystyrene, using gold as a catalyst.
    — ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
  • For cleanliness, the water in the tank is micro-filtered between uses and treated with bromine.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2017
  • Inspectors found the levels of bromine, which kills bacteria in the water, in the Cloud 9 spa hot tubs to be too low.
    — Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 25 Jan. 2018
  • An unusual feature of the toxic molecule is the presence of bromine, which is scarce in lakes and rarely found in cyanobacteria.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The good news here is that there are alternatives, such as using bromine instead of chlorine or making the switch to a saltwater pool.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Lithium is a key ingredient in electric-car batteries, and bromine is used in flame retardants.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The solid white tablets slowly dissolve to produce free-available bromine, which is also a strong oxidizer.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The solid white tablets slowly dissolve to produce free-available bromine, which is also a strong oxidizer.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2020
  • Nature’s versions are forged in volcanoes or near deep-sea vents where temperatures run high, and chlorine and bromine are abundant.
    — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
  • There are no cures for bromine poisoning — just supportive care — and those who survive bromine poisoning may struggle with long-term effects.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The plant, initially constructed to extract the element bromine from seawater for use in gasoline, was the first of its kind.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Some heavier elements like gallium and bromine need something more, such as a supernova.
    — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 23 Oct. 2019
  • According to Carn, though, basaltic volcanoes don’t actually emit that much chlorine or bromine.
    — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 26 May 2018
  • Rinsing off in the shower for just 1 minute removes most of the dirt or anything else on your body that uses up chlorine or bromine needed to kill or inactivate germs.
    — Rachel Trent, CNN, 3 July 2021
  • These molecules also contained bromine, which changes how the molecules, and essentially the skin, interacts with light.
    — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The chip companies also require helium, sulfur, and bromine—three key inputs to silicon wafers—largely sourced from the region.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The parasite is highly resistant to pool chemicals aimed at cleaning the waters, including chlorine and bromine.
    — Fiza Pirani, ajc, 22 May 2018
  • Novel staining technique Zankowski’s team used traceable silver and bromine markers to tag cellulose- and latex-derived binders in anodes.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Feb. 2026
  • When an atom of the element bromine tags along, this kynurenine releases a green glow when exposed to the blue light below the ocean’s surface, the team reports today in iScience.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 8 Aug. 2019
  • If there is a diarrheal incident, the pool operator is supposed to clear the pool and flush it with extremely high levels of chlorine or bromine to kill the parasite.
    — NBC News, 17 May 2018
  • Many of the materials needed for producing chips are byproducts of crude oil and natural gas processing, such as helium, bromine, and sulfur.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 May 2026

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