How to Use glycerol in a Sentence

glycerol

noun
  • It was also used in explosives, as one of the byproducts of whale oil soap is glycerol.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
  • If ointment leaves your child feeling greasy, use a cream with glycyrrhetinic acid, urea, glycerol or oats in it.
    — Hallie Levine, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Fat is made up of triglycerides, or a glycerol molecule with three fatty acids attached.
    — Environmental Nutrition, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • In this process, fats and oils convert into a glycerol and a salt of a fatty acid, giving off a soap-like film that can last much longer.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2023
  • An acronym for polyglycerol polyricinoleate, which is made from glycerol, among other things.
    — Megan Giller, Bon Appetit, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Sodium and glycerol allow the body to hold more water for a short time, reducing the threat of dehydration.
    — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2019
  • That cipher key itself, a molecular key no less, was first dissolved in isopropanol before being mixed with glycerol and soot.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
  • But leak tests using glycerol and water found that the menstrual cups held up with no damage, and that the material didn't degrade.
    — Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 7 Dec. 2025
  • So, under typical circumstances, the oil or glycerol that the researchers used would fall, because the air in the container is less dense.
    — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Medium bodied and a little glycerol on the palate, this is a little more structured to go with food, but uncomplicated enough for a simple quaff.
    — Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In a process called saponification, an alkali is used to cause changes in animal or vegetable fats, leaving behind soap and glycerol.
    — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Ethanol is combined with glycerol and hydrogen peroxide to make the sanitizer.
    — USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2020
  • In a triglyceride, there are three fatty acids, each one connected to the same three-carbon glycerol molecule, which acts as the backbone of the molecule.
    — Rosemary Trout, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
  • In a triglyceride, there are three fatty acids, each one connected to the same three-carbon glycerol molecule, which acts as the backbone of the molecule.
    — Rosemary Trout, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
  • Another theory is that chromium may stimulate the breakdown of fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
    — Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Glycerin, or glycerol, is a carbohydrate added to skincare, medications, and foods.
    — Carley Millhone, Health, 8 Oct. 2024
  • This preliminary research suggests that the bacteria love glycerol and glycol.
    — Jackie Rocheleau, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • This will frighten some into trying less-common strategies like hyperhydration with sodium or glycerol.
    — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2019
  • This refers to your body converting the fatty acids into glycerol, mobilizing it, and oxygenating this energy source.
    — Kat Hillman | Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • So glycerol is better able to absorb water from air, thereby compensating for evaporation.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Yet for every tonne of biodiesel produced, over 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of crude glycerol is generated.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers used a typical solution of water, glycerol, and a surfactant to make a simple 2D foam squashed between two plates of glass.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
  • Chu and colleagues have found that the strain, which normally lives in mangrove wetlands, can also thrive on glycerol (an industrial byproduct), wastewater, and sewer sludge.
    — Bryn Nelson, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
  • While adding glycerol may make the bubbles more stable, Rio said the impact of other ingredients on the bubbles’ stability is still an open question.
    — Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2023
  • To make the hand sanitizer, distillers mix alcohol with small amounts of hydrogen peroxide and a moisturizer like glycerol or aloe vera gel.
    — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Produced by bacteria, branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers can be used to identify historic temperatures.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Most wrap manufacturers use glycerol—a compound also used in, among other things, anti-freeze and the production of nitroglycerin.
    — Nicola Temple, WSJ, 4 May 2018
  • Additives are used to try to replicate the flavor and mouthfeel of real tequila in Almave, things like agave extract and syrup, apple cider vinegar, glycerol, and oak tannins.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
  • It’s also known that woolly worm caterpillars accumulate large quantities of glycerol, a substance similar to antifreeze.
    — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But when researchers formed bubbles with a high concentration of glycerol — a compound commonly used in a host of foods and medicines — the compound was highly effective in staving off the sphere's inevitable death by pop.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2022

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