How to Use asbestos in a Sentence

asbestos

noun

• Four schools have had to close due to asbestos so far this year.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2023
• The floors had asbestos in them and needed to be replaced.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
• Last spring, the EPA proposed a ban on chrysotile, or white asbestos, the most common type.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2023
• For an older home, there of course could be things like asbestos within the home.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
• At issue is whether the talc contained trace amounts of asbestos.
  — Erika D. Smith Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2021
• Talc had a bad spell for a while there, because some supplies found traces of asbestos.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 31 May 2023
• Some videos, for instance, show a ceiling with asbestos and puddles in the road.
  — Lindsay Ellis, WSJ, 20 May 2022
• Lung cancer has also been linked to all forms of asbestos.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
• It was condemned in 2019 for asbestos and mold, and residents were forced to leave.
  — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• But even there, the community had to sue the Air Force when asbestos was discovered in the soil.
  — Ralph Vartabedian, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Olin’s letter marks a turning point in the battle over asbestos in the United States.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2023
• The local employer was an asbestos mine, above the lake.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• Most of these places have not been renovated, and many are filled with lead paint and asbestos.
  — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 29 July 2021
• The new rule would ban chrysotile asbestos, the only ongoing use of asbestos in the United States.
  — Matthew Daly, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
• As the fire burned, residents feared that ash and debris from the World War II-era hangar contained asbestos.
  — Roberto Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• Roofs leak and ceiling tiles, made with asbestos, fall during rains.
  — Gina Ferazzi, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
• Tort claims spiked in the 1980s, driven in part by damages filed by workers exposed to asbestos.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Dec. 2022
• Water leaks have caused the campus to cancel labs and tape down warped floor tiles that rise and expose asbestos.
  — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• Among other things, the memo said the city didn’t look into disclosures about asbestos in the building.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2021
• Dirt filled with traces of lead paint and asbestos that would need to be excavated for a new basement.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2024
• Testing will see if there’s any lead or asbestos in the soil, dust and interior air of homes.
  — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2024
• In more recent years, however, as asbestos cases have waned, the firm has shrunk in size.
  — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2023
• Moormann said the drywall has molded and there have been high amounts of asbestos found through the block-long property.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022
• Faulty wiring, asbestos, and dry rot are just a few less-than-ideal surprises.
  — House Beautiful, 30 Dec. 2022
• Sampling has found that debris from the fire contains asbestos.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2023
• The first step is asbestos abatement, which is estimated to take a month.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 23 June 2021
• The waterlogged buildings had to be tested for mold, asbestos and lead.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• Last April, plumbing problems led to the discovery that there was asbestos in the Millers’s West Springfield home.
  — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
• That’s due to several factors, including identifying gas or electric lines and if any asbestos is in the house.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024
• Most pitchers use physical barriers like these and are effective at screening out chemicals like benzene and chlorine, metals like lead and mercury, and particulates, including asbestos.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024