How to Use hydrogen sulfide in a Sentence

hydrogen sulfide

noun
  • This makes your body produce hydrogen sulfide gas and leads to farting.
    — Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Dead zones in the oceans today emit poisonous hydrogen sulfide.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 29 June 2019
  • Methane and hydrogen sulfide are now burned off and the sewery stink has been subdued.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • And signs next to open pools of wastewater warn about toxic emissions of hydrogen sulfide.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • When iron is also present, the hydrogen sulfide reacts with iron to form pyrite, which is iron sulfide.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
  • When the seaweed rots, hydrogen sulfide gas is emitted, which smells like rotten eggs.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The issues start when the seaweed washes ashore, rots and emits hydrogen sulfide.
    — Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 4 June 2025
  • Water from the bottom that is low in oxygen and may contain lethal hydrogen sulfide can rise up.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The toxic hydrogen sulfide can also harm corals, and wafts the scent of rotten eggs across beaches.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Its oil comes out of the ground with a potentially fatal gas, hydrogen sulfide.
    — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Leaking hydrogen sulfide, which reeks of rotten eggs, has turned the air toxic, making each breath burn.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The top notes, very volatile and quickly dispersed, are ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
    — Harold McGee, Wired, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Martínez Lara doesn't have the luxury of avoiding the hydrogen sulfide gas.
    — Mark Stevenson, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
  • One scientist has warned that Istanbul will come to stink of bad eggs from hydrogen sulfide.
    — New York Times, 21 June 2018
  • That alone was not surprising — microbes in oxygen-free depths can produce huge amounts of hydrogen sulfide.
    — New York Times, 1 July 2019
  • Some of the marine bacteria that move in when a ship sinks munch on sulfur and release a compound called hydrogen sulfide.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2018
  • One of the dogs fell into a cistern used to collect rainwater, which had also filled with hydrogen sulfide gas.
    — David Matthews New York Daily News (tns), al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Breathing in the mix of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the cave can kill a person.
    — Eleanor C. Hasenbeck, The Know, 5 Sep. 2019
  • As the three men walked across the site, a sinkhole of hot oil and hydrogen sulfide opened beneath Taylor’s feet and swallowed him.
    — ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2020
  • High levels of hydrogen sulfide have been shown to be in the air around these schools, especially during morning drop-off.
    — Tom Csanidi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The deeper the divers went, the higher the concentration of hydrogen sulfide gas.
    — Linda Dudik, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The smell stems from hydrogen sulfide, one of the main compounds in sargassum, which contributes to a rotten egg smell.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 June 2025
  • Thursday, the facility had a leak of hydrogen sulfide — a colorless gas with a strong odor.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In a fire, molten sulfur may release toxic gases, such as hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide.
    — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The notices allege the emissions of hydrogen sulfide caused a public nuisance.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2021
  • When boiled, these amino acids break down and release hydrogen sulfide and other sulfur-containing gases.
    — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists were in the area looking for a cold seep — fissures in the seafloor where gases like methane and hydrogen sulfide bubble out.
    — Mark Price, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
  • This can happen when mold combines with excess moisture and releases hydrogen sulfide gas.
    — Ryan Brennan may 8, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
  • In place of oxygen, the ocean was full of hydrogen sulfide, which the researchers believe may have caused the organism to fossilize inside out.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Fortunately, the hydrogen sulfide gas that’s the cause of the smell has begun, after more than five weeks, to diminish.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021

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