How to Use monoxide in a Sentence

monoxide

noun

• The cause of death is said to have been carbon-monoxide poisoning.
  — The Cut, 11 Jan. 2018
• Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that does not have any smell or taste.
  — Dr. Mishal Reja, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2021
• Carbon monoxide can be a big concern in the winter months.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022
• Carbon monoxide, in tiny amounts, will exit through the exhaust vent.
  — Heather Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
• Fire officials say the level of carbon monoxide in the pool area was 300 parts per million.
  — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2017
• Carbon monoxide poisoning has claimed the most lives, with nine.
  — Katelyn Umholtz, NOLA.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• The first is to call in someone to inspect their furnace, and the second is to buy a carbon-monoxide detector.
  — Heloise, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
• Carbon-monoxide detectors were set off, the Coast Guard said.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 25 June 2021
• Carbon monoxide produces a wide range of flu-like symptoms.
  — Dr. Mishal Reja, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2021
• The culprit: A clogged vent on a water heater sent excess carbon monoxide into the apartment.
  — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 23 June 2017
• Carbon monoxide and sodium nitrate, to poison the pigs.
  — Matthew Scully, National Review, 11 July 2022
• If Alexa Guard is enabled, the device can also detect the sound of smoke alarms, carbon-monoxide alarms or breaking glass.
  — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
• Alexa Guard, which is free for use with Echo speakers, also listens for glass breaking and smoke and carbon-monoxide alarm sounds.
  — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 18 July 2021
• Perhaps, some people thought, the women had lit their camp stove in their tent and died of carbon-monoxide poisoning.
  — Rachel Monroe, Outside Online, 29 July 2019
• The carbon-monoxide victim was a 65-year-old man who was running a generator in his closed garage while the power was out.
  — Peter Grant, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2022
• The Nest Protect, for example, can detect a carbon monoxide leak and tell the Nest thermostat to turn off the furnace.
  — Steve Lohr, New York Times, 3 June 2016
• Dozens died around the city and the state, lonely deaths of neglect from hypothermia, fire, and carbon-monoxide poisoning.
  — Michael Agresta, Curbed, 29 Mar. 2021
• Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs when the body does not have enough oxygen in its cells.
  — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 6 Oct. 2020
• The explosion of the soda cans was most likely caused by heat; a carbon-monoxide buildup would not cause such an explosion.
  — New York Times, 13 May 2018
• In the last week alone, six more Austin officers have been treated for carbon monoxide exposure.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 12 July 2017
• In the photos taken at the scene, red spots covered Conrad's nose and mouth, telltale signs of carbon-monoxide poisoning.
  — Jesse Barron, Esquire, 23 Aug. 2017
• Jared Johnson’s mother and sister say his death a year ago should convince other ice anglers to think about the silent, odorless killer carbon monoxide.
  — Don Davis, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2017
• A carbon monoxide detector was installed on the bottom floor, the lawsuit notes, but not on the second floor where Morash was found dead in a bedroom and Hanna Morash in a home office.
  — Malaika Fraley, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2017
• Carbon monoxide or exposure to cyanide can also cause this, Conroy says.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 3 June 2020
• Carbon monoxide alarms can either be battery powered or hard-wired with a battery backup.
  — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2021
• He was being held in Youngstown when his 10-year-old daughter, Jabrayla, died Aug. 6 of carbon-monoxide poisoning from a leaking water heater.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2021
• Carbon monoxide is an odorless gas found in fumes from fuel burned in vehicles, ranges/stoves, lanterns, grills, fireplaces or furnaces, according to the CDC.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 10 Nov. 2022
• New equipment scrubs carbon monoxide from the exhaust stream of your car, which is why Los Angeles is cleaner now than a generation ago.
  — Bill McKibben, New Republic, 12 July 2017
• Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas that kills people by slowly depleting them of oxygen.
  — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
• Carbon monoxide poisoning killed at least six Americans traveling abroad this year, including two high profile incidents in Mexico and the Bahamas.
  — Fox News, 23 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024