spray

Example Sentences

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“This smelled more like a room spray than an incense. It remained fresh throughout the entire burn.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Researchers delivered the EVs through a nasal spray, allowing the treatment to bypass the brain's protective barrier and travel directly into brain tissue.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Whether the substance was tear gas — which, incidentally, is a powder, not a gas — or pepper spray is unclear.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Flowers played a prominent role, with a spray of daffodils bursting from one skirt or the red-orange petals of California's poppy, the state flower, cascading down a dress.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The lavender-peppermint spray they used to clean up pet accidents.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold