How to Use hazmat in a Sentence

hazmat

noun
  • Men in white hazmat suits pour lime over the brown soil to seal the graves.
    — Sarah Sirgany, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The bomb squad and a hazmat team were also called to the scene.
    — Christian Martinez Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Enough with the hazmat whiskey already.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Now, all that’s left is a gray hazmat zone filled with the sorrow of what has been lost.
    — Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • On our way through the arrival hall, we were waylaid by men in hazmat suits.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 14 June 2022
  • Its sailors wore white hazmat suits and masks, as if they had been sent to Chernobyl.
    — Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2019
  • His hazmat suit had split and plumes of ash were falling onto his lower back.
    — Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
  • There are two hazmat vehicles at the scene cleaning up the oil.
    — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Then a model in a bright orange hazmat suit and waders appeared.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Of course, all the responsible hazmat teams say the air is safe to breathe.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Two women in hazmat suits and face shields came out to my car, and one stuck a long swab up my nostril.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The road was closed for several days amid a weeklong hazmat cleanup.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
  • Counterpoint—how about some new hazmat whiskey?
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Like wearing a hazmat suit to the office, your last sentence is overkill.
    — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The transition ramp was shut down for hours while county hazmat crews cleaned up the spill.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Health workers in hazmat suits arrived at their door in the middle of the night to take them away.
    — Rebecca Kanthor / Shanghai, Time, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Workers in white hazmat suits moved piles of rubbish into trucks.
    — Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Woburn fire crews responded to the scene, along with state hazmat teams, Wark said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Wrapped in a hazmat suit, she's led to the corpse of a middle-aged woman with a gnarly bite on her left leg.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Not through gloves, goggles, a mask, a hairnet, a hazmat suit and plastic sheets.
    — Lotte Bowser, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Both streets are closed in the area while Trussville Fire hazmat units are working the scene.
    — Connor Sheets, AL.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Custodial will need to do some hazmat cleaning of the grates and the pits.
    — latimes.com, 3 June 2019
  • Several men in hazmat suits then passed the bodies to a small crowd of men wearing masks.
    — NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • What is a serve is the hazmat jumpsuit Marlo wears for the sprinter.
    — Chris Murphy, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Several men in hazmat suits then passed the bodies to a small crowd of men wearing face masks.
    — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, other hazmat teams worked to identify the toxic gas.
    — CBS News, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Workers in hazmat suits use shopping carts to help block the worst of the tangle from the intakes.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2018
  • And what danger lurks that requires a hazmat suit in the midst of such a cozy domestic scene?
    — Emily Jan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Here’s hoping Bloom has a hazmat suit to protect him in all these dumpster dives.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023

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