How to Use methanol in a Sentence

methanol

noun
  • The process happens in water with a small amount of methanol added.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Toluene, methanol, acetone and ethyl acetate are all flammable.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • Maersk has figured out a couple of ways to make green methanol.
    — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 19 July 2023
  • But methanol can also pose risks if it is inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Instead of diesel, the engine burns methanol, at a rate of three gallons a minute.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Drinking less than a teaspoon of methanol can cause blindness in some people.
    — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • This, in turn, is then converted to methanol and then finally to olefins.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
  • So there are about 250 new ships that have been ordered that are going to run on methanol.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The ruling was the latest setback for the project, which if built would be one of the world's largest methanol plants.
    — Gene Johnson, Star Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
  • But drinking isn’t the only way methanol causes severe harms.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 July 2020
  • There's not enough carbon neutral methanol to power the vessels.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 24 Aug. 2021
  • This leads the methanol to separate and form droplets within the resin, which form the basis of the pores.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 May 2023
  • Outbreaks of methanol poisoning have occurred around the world.
    — Mogomotsi Magome, ajc, 19 July 2022
  • Every so often, a ship comes to offload the methanol and take it to a supply center on land.
    — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 6 June 2019
  • So, Booth said, the methanol must have come from the cloud that predated the new star and its planets.
    — Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
  • So, Booth said, the methanol must have come from the cloud that predated the new star and its planets.
    — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Tests since the incident have found no sign of methanol in air or water, officials said.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Inside the body, methanol is metabolized to formaldehyde, then to formic acid.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 June 2020
  • Green methanol will be the fuel of choice due to its relatively high density and ease of use.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The next group is carbon-neutral fuels—biofuels and green methanol.
    — Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The gases will then react to form methanol, an alternative fuel that can be used in cars.
    — Leah Asmelash and Brian Ries, CNN, 17 June 2019
  • When someone drinks methanol, it’s converted into formaldehyde in the body.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Service reports that the team even soaked every piece of the mass spectrometer in methanol to clean it.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Feb. 2017
  • Officials took more than a week to fully unload the methanol before the barge was pulled off the structure.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
  • As a result, the system does not split pure water and needs methanol as a sacrificial helper.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The yard is expected to start testing the methanol-hydrogen power plant this spring.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The company’s order is a major boost for the nascent e-methanol industry.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 24 Aug. 2021
  • There, the scientists followed the medieval recipe, soaking the fresh fruit in four liters of methanol and water.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2020
  • In addition to methanol, the barges were carrying soy and corn, officials said.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The vessel is furthermore the first battery-methanol harbor tug ever built.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026

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