How to Use glycerol in a Sentence

glycerol

noun

• If ointment leaves your child feeling greasy, use a cream with glycyrrhetinic acid, urea, glycerol or oats in it.
  — Hallie Levine, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• By Dani combines equal parts gelatin, glycerol and water.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 20 Oct. 2017
• In this process, fats and oils convert into a glycerol and a salt of a fatty acid, giving off a soap-like film that can last much longer.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2023
• Sodium and glycerol allow the body to hold more water for a short time, reducing the threat of dehydration.
  — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2019
• Fat is made up of triglycerides, or a glycerol molecule with three fatty acids attached.
  — Environmental Nutrition, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• So, under typical circumstances, the oil or glycerol that the researchers used would fall, because the air in the container is less dense.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2020
• The researchers used a typical solution of water, glycerol, and a surfactant to make a simple 2D foam squashed between two plates of glass.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
• That cipher key itself, a molecular key no less, was first dissolved in isopropanol before being mixed with glycerol and soot.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• An acronym for polyglycerol polyricinoleate, which is made from glycerol, among other things.
  — Megan Giller, Bon Appetit, 14 Sep. 2017
• In a process called saponification, an alkali is used to cause changes in animal or vegetable fats, leaving behind soap and glycerol.
  — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
• But when researchers formed bubbles with a high concentration of glycerol — a compound commonly used in a host of foods and medicines — the compound was highly effective in staving off the sphere's inevitable death by pop.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2022
• While adding glycerol may make the bubbles more stable, Rio said the impact of other ingredients on the bubbles’ stability is still an open question.
  — Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2023
• Chu and colleagues have found that the strain, which normally lives in mangrove wetlands, can also thrive on glycerol (an industrial byproduct), wastewater, and sewer sludge.
  — Bryn Nelson, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
• By using glycerol, Kenis says that his team was able to reduce the overpotential in that part of their system by nearly two-thirds and churn out formic acid, which is widely used in chemical synthesis.
  — Robert Service, Science | AAAS, 1 Sep. 2017
• Ethanol is combined with glycerol and hydrogen peroxide to make the sanitizer.
  — USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2020
• Another theory is that chromium may stimulate the breakdown of fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
  — Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
• This refers to your body converting the fatty acids into glycerol, mobilizing it, and oxygenating this energy source.
  — Kat Hillman | Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
• Participants took 16 three-second puffs of an e-cigarette that contained only vape juice, or a mixture of water, glycerol, and propylene glycol (which help keep the cartridge's contents dissolved).
  — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• This preliminary research suggests that the bacteria love glycerol and glycol.
  — Jackie Rocheleau, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• To make the hand sanitizer, distillers mix alcohol with small amounts of hydrogen peroxide and a moisturizer like glycerol or aloe vera gel.
  — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2020
• Most wrap manufacturers use glycerol—a compound also used in, among other things, anti-freeze and the production of nitroglycerin.
  — Nicola Temple, WSJ, 4 May 2018
• Although rare to find, cerebral tissues found in archaeological discoveries have saponified, the process by which triglycerides turn into glycerol and fatty acid salts, or soap.
  — Fox News, 24 Jan. 2020
• Although rare to find, cerebral tissues found in archaeological discoveries have saponified, the process by which triglycerides turn into glycerol and fatty acid salts, or soap.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2020
• But vaping liquids contain additives such as propylene glycol and glycerol that can form carcinogenic compounds when they are heated.
  — Author: Kate Zernike, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2018
• The researchers also showed that a common adulteration—switching glycerol for diethylene glycol during the production of cold medicine—was easily detectable.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2018
• The mock viral droplets being released contain ingredients common in household products, such as glycerol, which is found in soap, and fluorescent dye found in laundry detergent.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
• Another product called Belotero Revive from Merz, a German company, adds glycerol to a hyaluronic acid base to help treat hyperpigmentation.
  — Alice Hart-Davis, ELLE, 20 Apr. 2023
• This will frighten some into trying less-common strategies like hyperhydration with sodium or glycerol.
  — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2019
• So glycerol is better able to absorb water from air, thereby compensating for evaporation.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2022
• It’s also known that woolly worm caterpillars accumulate large quantities of glycerol, a substance similar to antifreeze.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024