How to Use gas mask in a Sentence

gas mask

noun
  • Nobody wants to be first to take off the gas mask and find out.
    — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • They have been used for years by the military to train on gas mask use.
    — Janice Chambers, The Conversation, 4 June 2020
  • He was also equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades, police said.
    — Emily Bohatch, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Both the model and the cartoon bomb had gas masks clamped around their faces.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The dude in the old-school gas mask alone is enough to make the creep factor go sky high.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Dial was clad in a helmet, gas mask and body armor at the time.
    — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2019
  • They were put to work salvaging gas mask parts and packaging for re-use.
    — George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Black face masks and gas masks have come to represent the protests themselves.
    — Fortune, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Garza then put on a gas mask to protect himself from tear gas while keeping his hat on.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Keep in mind that some of these items were used against protesters armed with mere placards and gas masks.
    — Terrell Jermaine Starr, The Root, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Before the attack, the suspect put on a gas mask, say police.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • That’s when the man — who had a piece of luggage with wheels with him — put on a gas mask, Gjeloshi said.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022
  • One opened a backpack and furtively pulled out several pairs of gloves and some gas masks.
    — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Some also testified about wearing gas masks in their own homes.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Gaetz made light of the virus earlier this month by wearing a gas mask on the House floor.
    — Erin Corbett, refinery29.com, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The video shows the suspect in a blue hoodie and gas mask spraying the kitchen with a blue bottle.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • First-aid stations were set up in tents, and military troops in gas masks and hazmat suits were sent in.
    — Ken Moritsugu, The Seattle Times, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Officials have yet to say whether it would be delivered in a gas chamber or through a gas mask.
    — Author: Mark Berman, William Wan, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Three dark cavities amid the folds of fabric make hollows in the lining that evoke a gas mask.
    — Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The major told me that many Soviet gas masks can still be found scattered in the bush.
    — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • Webster pulled the officer’s gas mask partway off and pressed his fingers close to his eyes.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Evans jumped out, leaving his shield and gas mask behind, and sprinted toward the police line.
    — Jamie Thompson, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Then his friend, Jack Heincien, 16, offered him the gas mask.
    — Washington Post, 2 June 2020
  • Reed is photographed on the left wearing goggles on his forehead and what appeared to be a gas mask around his neck.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Also lots of snow, gas masks, Geiger counter noises, nosalises, more snow, and so on.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Gallego had been on the House floor that day, had stood on a chair and helped his fellow members put on their gas masks.
    — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • At the time of his arrest, Diaz was wearing a ballistic vest and a gas mask.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • The video footage showed Robertson in a gas mask, wielding a long stick that his lawyers argued was just a walking stick.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Like, what would Speedman do if a person in a gas mask showed up now and delivered the same warning?
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In another video from the same ride, Danielson sat next to Gibson, a gas mask atop his head.
    — oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2020

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