How to Use gypsum in a Sentence

gypsum

noun

• Porter had grown up in the gypsum town of Fort Dodge, Iowa.
  — Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• But for me, the gypsum caves were more of a place for mourning.
  — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
• It was expected to cut through the state — very close to many of the gypsum stacks.
  — Curt Anderson, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2022
• But the screw can’t rip through the paper or crumble the gypsum core of the drywall.
  — Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
• By the end of 2016, Curiosity had cleared the dunes and was rolling across veins of gypsum.
  — Avi Selk, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2018
• Salt Basin Dunes: Wander through the vast white gypsum dunes.
  — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 26 June 2024
• Clinker is mixed with gypsum at a ratio of 20 or 25 to one.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
• After so many years, the imprint left in the gypsum is all that remains.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2023
• Once moisture gets through, the gypsum powder gets gummy and moldy and cannot be dried out.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
• The prints are located in the Tularosa Basin, a desert area home to the world’s largest stretch of gypsum sand dunes, which cover some 275 square miles.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• The finding of microscopic traces of gypsum plaster means a cast of the stone could have once been made.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2023
• White Sands National Park, our latest, protects most of the largest pure gypsum dune field in the world.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 23 Apr. 2020
• Sandstone Pinot is savory and gypsum soils give more herbal notes.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
• The location gets its name from the blindingly white gypsum sand dunes native to the base.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2023
• Take a few hours to hike the surreal gypsum dunes that stretch on forever.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Aug. 2020
• At the rim, where the gypsum shelved down toward the distant lake, areas of the cliff ruptured into canyon systems.
  — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
• An easy one-mile hike from the parking area will take you over a small field of gypsum sand dunes and face to face with an epic panorama of the park’s most famous peaks.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 1 May 2020
• The gypsum dunes are fragile, and hikers must stay on areas marked for access.
  — Eric Jay Toll, Chron, 7 Dec. 2021
• In a second step, the scientists also dated the quartz needles found amid the vast haystack of White Sands’ gypsum dunes.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• Well, this set me off on a hunt for an image of an environment more like the one in which the Palo Duro Canyon gypsum vein formed.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2013
• A: The dam was built in 1984 on a bed of gypsum, a soft mineral that dissolves easily in water.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2016
• The cost of commodities like lumber, steel and gypsum have been going through the roof, and builders are struggling to get their hands on enough supply.
  — Brian H. Robb, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• White Sands, America’s newest national park, is the largest gypsum dune field in the world.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2020
• Gleaming gypsum crystal dunes roll as far as the eye can see at White Sands National Park.
  — Alexandra Toto, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2023
• At the same time, the cost of home construction has risen rapidly, as have the prices of lumber, gypsum, construction labor, and land.
  — Jeff Andrews, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2018
• These marble-sized balls are then crushed and mixed with additives like gypsum to create the cement.
  — Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
• The truth soon came out — Hull had purchased gypsum in Iowa and hired two sculptors in Chicago to carve a petrified giant.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
• Who knew that a dash of gypsum in the brew kettle will accentuate a beer’s hop character?
  — Peter Rowe, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 1 Sep. 2017
• But gypsum burials are rare in rural locations such as this.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
• For best results, acidify soil with gypsum prior to planting and apply gypsum twice a year as a topical amendment to the soil surface.
  — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Mar 2025