smoggy

Example Sentences

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“You’ve probably noticed that the air looks smoggy today—that’s the particulate matter,” Cohan, the Rice University professor, said via email that day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

It was often hot, dusty and smoggy and even though she had spent two weeks beforehand doing sessions in a heat chamber to acclimatise, it was unlike anything she had ever experienced.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Authorities once again issued an alert on Friday, a common occurrence on smoggy winter days, with cleaner air expected by Sunday.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

But, on smoggy summer days, when the majestic vista of the Santa Monica Mountains looks like a half-developed photograph, it proves we still have a ways to go.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

Now, on hot, smoggy summer days, visibility can be as little as two miles and never more than thirty.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson