How to Use nonflammable in a Sentence

nonflammable

adjective
  • Just make sure the space heater is placed on a hard, level, and nonflammable surface, away from children and pets.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Either way, there aren’t enough nonflammable late-inning options, which presents a problem in two ways.
    — Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
  • Each needs a clear space out of the wind and to be situated on a nonflammable surface away from low-hanging trees.
    — Washington Post, 17 July 2020
  • Always place them on a sturdy, nonflammable saucer or candleholder.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Your exterior siding should be nonflammable, but the siding is only as strong as its weakest point.
    — Bryce Young Christopher Moran, WIRED, 20 July 2024
  • Most modern airships use helium, a nonflammable but expensive and rare gas.
    — April White, Smithsonian, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Midley set out to create a gas that was stable, nonflammable, noncorrosive and safe to breathe.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
  • The daylong effort is hazardous because of the high pressure used to test the system with helium, a nonflammable gas.
    — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The gold standard is to have only nonflammable material in Zone 1.
    — Bryce Young Christopher Moran, WIRED, 20 July 2024
  • The second was to build what amounts to a nonflammable moat around a home to prevent embers from alighting on anything next to a house that could burn and ignite the structure.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Novec is nonflammable and does not harm atmospheric ozone, and 3M says the gas has low toxicity.
    — Phil McKenna, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • And remember that even a nonflammable, metal fence can be a problem if the areas around it capture leaves, pine needles, and other flammable debris.
    — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Its battery is nonflammable, bendable, inexpensive to make and, in theory, much longer lasting.
    — Tamara Chuang, The Denver Post, 18 June 2017
  • Always place the heater on a hard, level and nonflammable surface; never place on tables, cabinets, furniture or carpet.
    — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The gantry, the high perch where play-by-play commentators call matches, had to be removed, clad in nonflammable material, and reinstalled.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Immediately take the pages to a secure, nonflammable area like a concrete patio, your driveway, fireplace, or barbecue and set them on fire.
    — Habib Sadeghi, Health.com, 21 June 2018
  • Wood, fiberglass and vinyl structures, such as fences and gates, are to be replaced with nonflammable materials such as stone, brick, metal and aluminum, Ilko said.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
  • As one example, porcelain cladding is nonflammable, unlike wood and many composite materials.
    — Jamie Gold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
  • Use nonflammable landscaping or high-moisture annuals and perennials.
    — Sven Berg, idahostatesman, 24 June 2017
  • Miller also recommended a buffer zone between homes and wildland areas, which would be kept clear and contain nonflammable vegetation.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Homeowners may remove trees in this immediate zone, provided a nonflammable area is established and maintained.
    — Chuck Page, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Clearing brush, using nonflammable building materials, and siting buildings away from dense vegetation can all help.
    — David Gelles, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The reaction produces a nonflammable carbon material, thereby slowing a blaze to buy firefighters time.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Their thin, battery-like device consists of a nonflammable, copper-containing watery electrolyte sandwiched between two electrodes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The fire of that era also destroyed most of the Near North Side of the city, meaning that anything new had to be built in stone or other nonflammable materials.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
  • Surface fires are the easiest to put out, with firefighters creating moats or breaks to keep the fire from spreading and then smothering it in a nonflammable material, most often clay.
    — Kristin Ohlson, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2011
  • And there is angry suspicion that lives could have been saved had relatively small sums of additional money been spent on Grenfell for nonflammable material.
    — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 24 June 2017
  • Meanwhile, other airplanes are dropping fire retardant out ahead of the inferno, coating potential fuel with a layer of nonflammable chemicals and slowing its advance.
    — Alec Luhn, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
  • That’s where nonflammable alternatives become essential.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
  • The lease permitted the storage of nonflammable and non-explosive materials, as well as operational vehicles, Newsom said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023

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