How to Use monoxide in a Sentence

monoxide

noun
  • Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that does not have any smell or taste.
    — Dr. Mishal Reja, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The cause of death is said to have been carbon-monoxide poisoning.
    — The Cut, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Carbon monoxide, in tiny amounts, will exit through the exhaust vent.
    — Heather Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning has claimed the most lives, with nine.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, NOLA.com, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs when the body does not have enough oxygen in its cells.
    — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The team also detected an arc of sulfur monoxide beyond the dust of the disk, but only on one of its sides.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Carbon monoxide, released when substances such as gasoline, wood or charcoal are burned, has no small nor taste nor odor.
    — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Carbon-monoxide detectors were set off, the Coast Guard said.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 25 June 2021
  • Carbon monoxide alarms can either be battery powered or hard-wired with a battery backup.
    — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Carbon monoxide is produced when not enough oxygen is reaching a fuel-burning source.
    — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Perhaps, some people thought, the women had lit their camp stove in their tent and died of carbon-monoxide poisoning.
    — Rachel Monroe, Outside Online, 29 July 2019
  • The first is to call in someone to inspect their furnace, and the second is to buy a carbon-monoxide detector.
    — Heloise, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Carbon monoxide or exposure to cyanide can also cause this, Conroy says.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 3 June 2020
  • Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that is deadly when inhaled at high levels over time.
    — William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2021
  • The explosion of the soda cans was most likely caused by heat; a carbon-monoxide buildup would not cause such an explosion.
    — New York Times, 13 May 2018
  • Fire officials say the level of carbon monoxide in the pool area was 300 parts per million.
    — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2017
  • In the last week alone, six more Austin officers have been treated for carbon monoxide exposure.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 12 July 2017
  • Dozens died around the city and the state, lonely deaths of neglect from hypothermia, fire, and carbon-monoxide poisoning.
    — Michael Agresta, Curbed, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide emissions would go down by more than 15 percent each.
    — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Smoke is composed of carbon dioxide and monoxide, and sometimes volatile gases, depending on what is burning.
    — NBC News, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Alexa Guard, which is free for use with Echo speakers, also listens for glass breaking and smoke and carbon-monoxide alarm sounds.
    — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 18 July 2021
  • Carbon monoxide is a quiet assassin.
    — Sara Novak, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The carbon-monoxide victim was a 65-year-old man who was running a generator in his closed garage while the power was out.
    — Peter Grant, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that is produced by engines, stoves, grills, furnaces, fireplaces and more.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 24 May 2022
  • If Alexa Guard is enabled, the device can also detect the sound of smoke alarms, carbon-monoxide alarms or breaking glass.
    — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
  • One polyp that acts like an air bladder is filled with gases—including carbon monoxide, oxygen, and argon—that keeps the animal afloat.
    — National Geographic, 11 June 2016
  • Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas that can cause illness and death if found in sufficient concentration in the air.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Carbon monoxide can also be created when people use portable generators or run cars in their garages to stay warm or charge their phones.
    — Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In the photos taken at the scene, red spots covered Conrad's nose and mouth, telltale signs of carbon-monoxide poisoning.
    — Jesse Barron, Esquire, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Jared Johnson’s mother and sister say his death a year ago should convince other ice anglers to think about the silent, odorless killer carbon monoxide.
    — Don Davis, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2017

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