How to Use glycol in a Sentence

glycol

noun
  • Frances watched lab rats who consumed diethylene glycol get red urine and die.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2024
  • This is because salts and glycol tend to react with metals and rubbers.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024
  • It was learned that a pipe had burst in January, leaking coolant glycol.
    — Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
  • After that, elements like amino acids and glycol proteins help to repair and restore the skin.
    — Phillip Picardi, Allure, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Thin pipes snake around, back and forth, atop a layer of insulation, and they’re filled with a glycol solution that is warmed up and pumped around.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Releasing the cold on demand The cooling side works through a separate glycol loop.
    — Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
  • That portion consists of chemicals like glycol ether and ethanol, which keep the fipronil and S-methoprene stable.
    — Nick Stockton, WIRED, 18 May 2016
  • The pipes are filled with a mixture of water and propylene glycol, which captures the relative warmth of the surrounding earth.
    — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2017
  • Ethylene glycol, an ingredient in antifreeze, is very tempting for both cats and dogs because of its sweet taste.
    — Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The barges contained soybean oil, lube oil, naphtha and monoethylene glycol, the Coast Guard said.
    — Christina Maxouris and Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The juices are a mix of 40 percent propylene glycol and 60 percent vegetable glycerin.
    — Caitlin Kelly, New York Times, 10 May 2017
  • Soothing green tea leaf extract calms redness, while moisturizing butylene glycol leaves skin feeling dewier and smoother.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The ingredient at work in Brazilian blowouts is methylene glycol, which emits gaseous formaldehyde when heated.
    — Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Martin said Shelby Vatter was killed with ethylene glycol, which is found in antifreeze.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Ethylene glycol is commonly found in anti-freeze used in motor vehicles.
    — Swati Gupta, CNN, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The core is an ultrathin fiber of light-conducting tin dioxide, coated with polyethylene glycol.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 May 2017
  • Substances stored in the warehouses include methanol and triethylene glycol, both of which are flammable, and hazardous chemicals used in epoxies, the records say.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • At the time, all three compressors -- one of those intended as a backup -- were being run just to power the north rink alone, where glycol was leaking from a system buried in concrete.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • This operates at 800 volts, supports fast-charging, and is actively cooled using a water-glycol mix.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Typically, a low-viscosity mix of glycol and water, a Type I fluid melts and washes away the ice.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
  • If all goes as planned, Sadara will crank out multiple tons of the glycol ethers, isocyanates and other chemicals used in everything from golf balls and gum to sofas and soaps.
    — Javier Blas, Bloomberg.com, 2 July 2017
  • Engineers typically fight it with heaters, reverse-cycle defrosting, or glycol sprays.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
  • For example, butylene glycol is an organic alcohol that’s often used for conditioning, and is a humectant.
    — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Polyethylene glycol is a common active ingredient in over-the-counter laxatives.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The best eczema creams and topical treatments are free of irritants (from scents to glycol acid) and often includes a high amount of ceramides, which are fatty lipid molecules that help moisturize skin.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 5 Feb. 2020
  • In waxworms, polyethylene metabolizes into a glycol, which is biodegradable. Waxworms are not an end-all solution to plastic waste, however.
    — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Using cheaper overnight electricity from the grid, a large refrigerator chills water mixed with glycol (a component of antifreeze) below the freezing point.
    — Diane Cardwell and Andrew Roberts, New York Times, 3 June 2017
  • Polyethylene glycol has been previously linked to a handful of anaphylaxis cases.
    — John Lauerman, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The company has identified the cause of the engine fires as leaks of glycol coolant in their exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) coolers.
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
  • Its micro-fine formula contains ale, vitamin E, and glycol to leave your skin feeling moisturized and plump, minimizing the risk of mid-day dryness and cracking of your base makeup.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Nov. 2024

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