How to Use nonmetallic in a Sentence

nonmetallic

adjective
  • Using a nonmetallic utensil like a chopstick, stick it in the jar and move in a circle around the edges to remove air bubbles.
    — Leena Trivedi-Grenier, SFChronicle.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The element itself is nonmetallic and naturally takes on a pale yellow hue.
    — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The original permit allowed the company to crush nonmetallic rock, but not copper ore slag which contains heavy metals.
    — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Next, Parker hopes to harness the way moths shimmer gold and silver to make nonmetallic paints, and to learn from the flamboyant cuttlefish how to make objects change color like chameleons.
    — Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Four of the ten carload commodity groups are up for the year, including coal, farm products (excluding grain and food), motor vehicles and parts, as well as nonmetallic minerals.
    — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Origins of the trend Ask carmakers, designers and color experts about the origins of the nonmetallic paint trend, and you’ll be inundated with high-concept theories. Drury, director of insights for Edmunds, believes the earth tones phenomenon may stem from car tuner subculture.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Ground-penetrating radar can detect nonmetallic objects but performs poorly in wet or uneven terrain, or ground covered by vegetation, and often generates high false-alarm rates.
    — Sagar Lekhak, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In laboratory experiments, hydrogen, squeezed to tens of millions of pounds per square inch between two diamonds, has remained stubbornly nonmetallic.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 4 July 2016
  • The center has expertise in analyzing nonmetallic composite materials of the kind used to build the tail on the Airbus A300, the board said.
    — Associated Press, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2001
  • That particular panel is nonmetallic or nonmagnetic (aluminum).
    — Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Other nonmetallic materials include silicone and polyurethane.
    — Wired, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Mining Jobs Mining jobs (excluding oil/gas) primarily consist of mining, developing mine sites, and preparing metallic and nonmetallic minerals.
    — Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Sixteen of 18 manufacturing industries expanded, led by textile mills and producers nonmetallic minerals.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fox News, 1 June 2018
  • Tons of new color choices are available, too, including 40 BMW individual options that include nonmetallic and matte finishes.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The subcategory with the next highest fatality count (39) was nonmetallic mineral products, which includes cement and concrete manufacturing.
    — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 4 Aug. 2017
  • When a ferrite—a nonmetallic material with magnetic properties—is subject to a constant magnetic field, its molecules sustain tiny circulating currents that rotate with a handedness determined by the magnetic field orientation.
    — Andrea Alù, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Further, 11 of the 21 components Statistics Canada tracks to assemble the manufacturing report recorded increases in July, led by wood products, primary metals and nonmetallic mineral products.
    — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2017

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