How to Use toxicity in a Sentence

toxicity

noun
  • Does the amount of the poison matter in terms of its toxicity?
    Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But with the toxicity between Misia and Pampinea, Mamet notes there was love there, too.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 July 2024
  • The toxicity can be lethal to both the animals and the humans.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Pliny said ravens eat chameleons, but then ingest bay leaves to counter the lizards’ toxicity.
    Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
  • The staff also flagged a rise in blood pressure and pulse in the trials, and in cases of liver toxicity.
    Sriparna Roy and Pratik Jain, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
  • The ladies of The View got into a heated debate about workplace toxicity while... at work on live TV.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Though the leachate was the main cause of toxicity in the two species, exposure to nanoparticles enhanced the problems.
    Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Still, for many young people, the dating pool seems to have reached new levels of toxicity.
    Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • Where Yik Yak oozes toxicity, BeReal feels like a safe haven, at least for the time being.
    Wired, 26 July 2022
  • With Snyder and his toxicity out of the way, the Commanders could get a new stadium.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Her job is to teach her daughter how to not put up with toxicity, gaslighting and this type of nonsense from anyone.
    Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • But as the pandemic progressed, the damage done by the virus broadened, and the toxicity of modern-day politics came to the fore.
    Akilah Johnson and Dan Keating, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • For 90 days, the shoes were exposed to soil, which was later tested for toxicity.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 13 Aug. 2024
  • In August 2020, the FDA rejected the drug due to toxicity.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2024
  • But Cameron’s toxicity is never dampened, even in the end.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Be sure not to exceed this upper limit, as the risk of adverse effects, like toxicity, is much greater above this amount.
    Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Hate, online hate and haters and trolls, and factions and all that has just gotten more galvanized in its toxicity.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 July 2023
  • This can increase penicillin concentrations in the blood as well as the risk of side effects and drug toxicity.
    Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The rationale is that MegaSyn can avoid toxicity in molecules, and thus sift ‘good’ ones.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Maddy's comment may have opened Cassie's eyes about the toxicity that comes with being Nate's girlfriend, but there's no telling as Cassie stared blankly and remained silent.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The study claimed around 80 beagle puppies were used in toxicity testing where they were forced daily to ingest a drug via stomach tube for months.
    Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2022
  • But these boosters also increased the blood levels of TDF — as well as its toxicities.
    Peter Staley, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Perhaps this is just a brief moment of prelapsarian bliss, doomed to give way to run-of-the-mill internet toxicity.
    Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Lockheed says the system is designed to scale to hundreds of megawatts in repeatable blocks with no acute toxicity or fire hazard.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2023
  • While their output of 3,432 pounds of acrylonitrile is small, the toxicity is more potent than many others, as determined by the EPA.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 6 July 2022
  • When dead animals and plants fell to the ocean floor, the toxicity protected their remains from scavengers, helping to preserve them.
    Santiago Flórez, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Submitted by Lori Giles: My daughter died of fentanyl (mixed drug toxicity) on April 4 at age 26.
    Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Its fans are passionate — sometimes to the point of toxicity — and hardly unified.
    Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
  • This is important information that will help the vet determine the level of toxicity and know how to treat your dog.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The team tried this with in vitro studies in the lab, but the drug had too much potential toxicity and side effects like diarrhea, headaches, and upset stomachs to be allowed for actual patients.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024

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