How to Use carbonate in a Sentence

carbonate

1 of 2 noun
  • The largest of these carbonate veins seen so far stretches more than three feet long.
    — National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Stronger than the normal mask, it is made out of carbon and poly carbonate.
    — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The change in the ocean's pH makes carbonate ions less abundant.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Buried just below those glacial rocks were older layers of carbonate rocks.
    — Lucas Joel, Science | AAAS, 7 June 2018
  • Eggshells have minerals that contain carbonate which is also present in the bone.
    — Michelle A. Nguyen, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2019
  • With sand, the more carbonate there is to produce carbon-dioxide gas, the greater the acoustic shift.
    — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2019
  • This carbon from the sky is then carried by rivers to the sea where it’s laid down on the seafloor as carbonate rocks like limestone.
    — Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So that’s where most of the carbonate rocks dissolve, leaving a small depression.
    — Alexandra Witze, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Unlike the carbonates today that make up coral reefs, and that carpet the bottom of the ocean in seashells, life didn’t lay down this rock.
    — Peter Brannen august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Calcium carbonate is the hard structure in which soft, squishy things call home – the rocky part of the coral and the shell part of the shellfish.
    — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • In the Mojave, under the shade of Joshua trees, a strange pale carbonate rock caps the glacial deposits.
    — Peter Brannen august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Calcium carbonate, which makes up the shells of marine organisms, covers more than half of the ocean floor.
    — James Nestor, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Calcium carbonate is also what makes up 97% of eggshells and also seashells.
    — Steven Savage, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Chemical reactions with the basalt turn it into a hard carbonate.
    — Stacy Morford, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The giant mass of carbonate climbed out of the sea, transforming into land under a hot and humid climate.
    — Peter Byrne, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2014
  • If active hydrothermal vents are here, they’ll likely be marked by telltale spires of carbonate.
    — James Nestor, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Not all regions of Mars meet the requirements to form karstic caves, since for one thing carbonate and sulfate rocks are not omnipresent.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
  • What’s more, the process of breaking down olivine produces carbonate minerals, which are also present in the Isidis area.
    — National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016
  • This in turn depresses the concentration of carbonate ions in the water.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The soils are carbonate-rich, mainly consisting of calcareous clay and marly limestone.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Prosecco, on the other hand, carbonates in stainless steel vats, a less time and money-intensive process.
    — Leah Silverman, Town & Country, 11 Dec. 2017
  • That acidic water also removes many floating carbonate ions that organisms like mussels and clams use to build their sturdy shells.
    — Katie Camero, Science | AAAS, 23 July 2019
  • Acids dissolve carbonate, so as pH levels in the world’s oceans drop, these animals may have trouble maintaining their body parts.
    — Jennifer Barone, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2011
  • The uKeg can also be used to force-carbonate homebrew after fermentation.
    — John V. Smith, Philly.com, 13 June 2018
  • Along the shore of the Tethys Ocean, a herd of prosauropod dinosaurs walks across an extensive muddy carbonate plain during low tide.
    — CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • As a result, fewer carbonate ions are available for coral polyps to extract from the water, so the polyps can’t produce as much calcium carbonate.
    — Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 6 June 2018
  • These polyps, in turn, spit out tiny particles called sclerites that slowly accumulate to form a mound from which the calcium-carbonate skeleton can grow.
    — Autumn Spanne, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The researchers think the carbonate moved in long after the sediment had turned to rock, during that chemical-swapping metamorphic stage.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2018
  • Diamond formation The study found the presence of both nickel-iron alloy and nickel-rich carbonate.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Underlying all of them is the fact that Florida is built on a bedrock of carbonate, primarily limestone.
    — Chris Bodenner, Smithsonian, 30 Mar. 2011

carbonate

2 of 2 verb
  • The last step is to wait for the water to chill and carbonate.
    — Parker Hall, Wired, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Most beer lovers know that brewers use CO2 to carbonate beer.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The vast majority of wines are still, not carbonated, and dry, not sweet.
    — Gar Joseph & Marnie Old, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Sparkling wines are not sweetened and carbonated the way today’s sodas are.
    — Gar Joseph & Marnie Old, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The Drinkmate is one of the few soda makers that can be used to carbonate any liquid.
    — PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Phillips rethinks the classic sipper as a cocktail made from a red wine base, which is force carbonated and placed on draft.
    — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • That mixture is sweetened with pure cane sugar and carbonated.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 10 July 2017
  • No existing tap system could serve beer directly from a barrel, much less cool and carbonate it in the tap line.
    — Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics, 3 Feb. 2017
  • The InFizz can also carbonate juice, tea, and even cocktails.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The InFizz can also carbonate juice, tea, and even cocktails.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The gas is crucial for the food industry; it is used to carbonate drinks, keep food fresh and to stun chickens and pigs before slaughtering.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Although the flavors can vary wildly, expect saisons to be spicy and heavily carbonated.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 23 June 2017
  • Guthery also wants to take the carbon dioxide created from the brewery and use it to partially carbonate the beer.
    — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Sales of Pepsi’s carbonated soda brands have declined while business has boomed for bottled and sparkling water.
    — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 8 Feb. 2018
  • While the cat-eye effect might be the most popular way to ‘carbonate’ your mani, there are plenty of other ways to wear Aperol spritz nails.
    — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Some Cuban Americans drink a version of mate that's sweetened and carbonated.
    — ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • The festival featured firkin beers, which are brewed in a small cask and are not pasteurized, cold-filtered or carbonated by outside equipment.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Naperville Sun, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Sodium carbonate pretty much eliminates all emissions except those near the infrared.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Spaces and caverns can develop underground as rock below the land surfaces, such as limestone, carbonate rock or salt beds, dissolve.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
  • They aren’t carbonated either, so the overall drinking experience is smooth and pleasant.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The Duna crew also cranks up the pressure on their keg system to carbonate this soda hard, which brings the persistent low hum of carbonic acid to the party.
    — Ali Bouzari, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The mudstone and carbonate sediment around the specimens indicates that the site had been deep underwater.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Sparkling water and your bones Worries about this sparkly stuff directly affecting your bones don’t hold (carbonated) water.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 5 Apr. 2019
  • The process is long and excruciating, said Oceguera, but they’re just left with the essence of pineapple and coconut that’s carbonated a little for lightness on your tongue.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Coca-Cola is pushing to expand its non-soda offerings, but carbonated soft drinks still make up the majority of sales.
    — Bloomberg.com, 11 Aug. 2017
  • But the air in the theater felt carbonated with symbiotic human experience.
    — Betty Gilpin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The Paradise Falls Clubhouse, a white wine spritzer with Bolivian brandy, is garnished with grapes carbonated using dry ice.
    — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Although nacre is made of calcium, proteins, and carbonate, the combination of these materials are 3,000 times tougher than each on is on their own.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Not your typical soda maker, the Breville InFizz can also carbonate juice, tea, and cocktails.
    — Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Though nitrogen can replace CO2 to push beer from one tank to another, brewers need to use CO2 to carbonate the drink.
    — Anissa Gardizy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022

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