How to Use ferrous in a Sentence

ferrous

adjective
  • Most iron supplements are made from ferric or ferrous iron salts.
    — Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The sirloin and the prime rib were watery, without the ferrous edge of bull's blood.
    — John Mariani, Esquire, 22 Aug. 2008
  • The ferrous salts are more easily absorbed than the ferric salts.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Growth stocks and subsectors led both markets, along with non-ferrous metals.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • As for flavor, the gameyness of the meat is subtle, with a ferrous accent on the finish.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Ferrous iron is more easily absorbed by the body, while non-ferrous iron is not as well absorbed.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Even the worst rate of loss (among non-ferrous metals) only reaches 6 percent.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 May 2022
  • The supplement contains a form of iron called ferrous gluconate, which is less bioavailable.
    — Casey Seiden, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Ferrous materials will show signs of rust so •Check for rust on screws in the console areas.
    — Bill Alkofer, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2017
  • The jelly rust remover works with a phosphoric acid base, breaking down even old rust in ferrous metals such as iron and steel.
    — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2023
  • In that case, try a gentler form of iron (like ferrous bisglycinate) with a meal or snack, says Moon.
    — Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Other forms of iron, like ferrous sulfate and ferrous fumarate, are not as gentle and may cause stomach issues for some.
    — Tamar Kane, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 16 July 2024
  • Non-ferrous metals, mining, and precious metals were all higher in both markets.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Costs for non-ferrous metal materials and wires surged 22%.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • The next station uses a huge rotating magnet to pull out any ferrous metals, which range from tin cans (which have very little tin) to car parts.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2018
  • Frehiwot Reta, the chef, ferments the bread for three days, and the result is fresh, springy, and tartly ferrous.
    — Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2016
  • Behind him, past scavenging and defecating prisoners, is a fence of barbed wire, and beyond it, a sky of ferrous gray.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
  • This oxidized the iron present in the sand needed to produce glass, clearing up its blue-green tint by transforming ferrous to paler ferric.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020
  • When choosing an iron supplement, check the label and opt for one that contains either ferrous sulfate or ferrous gluconate.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The decrease is attributed to lower average net selling prices for ferrous and finished steel products.
    — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025
  • On the other hand, ferrous gluconate may have a lower absorption rate but tends to cause fewer gastrointestinal side effects.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The red’s ferrous minerality and salty ocean tang make this pour especially beguiling.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2021
  • The most popular ones are ferric or ferrous salts such as ferrous sulfate, ferrous gluconate, ferric citrate and ferric sulfate.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Powerful magnets then remove ferrous metals from the mixture, but toxic metals like nickel remain.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The magnetic track can be totally hidden under any non-ferrous flooring material, such as linoleum, tiles, or carpet.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The soil seems to come through in the wine, which in the 2019 vintage balances a bitter, ferrous backbone with unctuous flavors of cocoa and fig.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
  • LifeCentric Health Iron Gummies are made with ferrous fumarate and have no metallic after taste.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Even the most robust bike is going to show the effects of constant salt air bombardment, and the Coasts did reveal their few ferrous parts—the nut and bolt under the seat post, for instance.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2019
  • But much like a steel needle (and unlike most ocean-bottom debris), meteoritic fragments tend to contain ferrous material.
    — Amir Siraj, Scientific American, 5 July 2023
  • In the past, researchers studied specific cells by isolating them, injecting them with ferrous iron and literally pulling cells away from each other with a magnet.
    — Steve Volk, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2015

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