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
• 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 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
• 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 waterlogged buildings had to be tested for mold, asbestos and lead.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• Along with asbestos, there’s lead paint, and mercury from the lightbulb-making process, the committee was told.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
• Kelly-Moore Paints said its finances have been eroded by three decades of asbestos claims.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Crews filled more than four dozen 60-yard dumpsters and removed asbestos from the historic building.
  — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2023
• Inhalation of asbestos has been linked to cancer, according to the FDA.
  — Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
• Fiber Bond’s original Chicago site is fouled with lead paint and asbestos.
  — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
• When Germany reunited in 1990, the building was found to be ridden with asbestos and closed.
  — Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2023
• The building was stripped to its beams for the demolition but had once been full of offices and conference rooms – and asbestos.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 29 Oct. 2022
• In houses made using sheets of tin or asbestos, having roofs and walls made with these insulating materials can cut down how much heat gets in.
  — Nadeem Sarwar, WIRED, 9 July 2024
• Reasons for delays have included issues with asbestos and the air conditioning system.
  — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024