How to Use manganese in a Sentence

manganese

noun
  • Maple syrup is a good source of manganese.
    — Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The team has also been able to find steel shards and wire made of manganese and platinum.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
  • Similar trends were seen in manganese and cobalt.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The drug interrupts this process by binding to the manganese ions.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The firm owns coal and manganese mines as well as aluminum smelters in South Africa.
    — Gabriele Steinhauser, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2019
  • Acidic soils contain more aluminum and manganese, which support blue blooms.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • The reds and oranges are from iron; the blues and bright greens are from copper; manganese produces black and brown.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Maybe the lithium and manganese in the water had melted away all purpose.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Other parts of the caves revealed layers of red iron, white calcite and gray manganese.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 20 June 2021
  • The blade on this Spear Head shovel is made of durable carbon manganese steel.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The blade on this Spear Head shovel is made of durable carbon manganese steel.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2025
  • They are known for their high levels of copper, manganese, and omega-3 fatty acids.
    — Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 5 May 2025
  • In towns near the mines, many other doctors declined to talk to reporters about manganese.
    — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • Iron and manganese in drinking water do not raise health concerns, experts say.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Pineapple is high in vitamin C and manganese, and can be a healthy food for dogs to eat.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • On the left, a nickel cobalt manganese battery cell; on the right, a lithium iron phosphate cell.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023
  • South Africa has the world’s biggest reserves of platinum, chrome ore and manganese.
    — Liezel Hill, Bloomberg.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The design was basic, just a sheet of manganese steel pressed into a bowl shape, weighing about a pound and a half.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2019
  • That status already is applied to manganese, zinc, lithium and more.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The mine was once used to produce an iron manganese tungstate mineral for craft light bulb filament.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2019
  • Press the person’s skin (or sea lion skin, in a pinch) back on, and paint it with black manganese or, in later eras, red ocher.
    — Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • The palette includes blue, green, manganese, red, sepia, and, coming this fall, mustard.
    — Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2023
  • When soil pH is low, nutrients like manganese can build up in garden beds and cause problems for plants.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The second part involves the use of cathodes that contain cobalt, nickel, and manganese.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
  • About 200 million tons of manganese deposits remain in the area.
    — arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The tax on a kilogram of coltan and manganese was $7, while the tax on tin (cassiterite) was $4 per kilogram.
    — Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Barley is rich in fiber, manganese, and selenium.
    — Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The team also found, for the first time, manganese hydroxide in the observed specimens.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 June 2025
  • In the late 1800s, the island was used to mine manganese, the eponymous red rock, for paint pigment.
    — Heather Knight, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Maple syrup contains more nutrients, like manganese and riboflavin, than sugar.
    — Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2025

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