sulphurous
Example Sentences
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And the circumstances are full of the same sulphurous contention that used once to mark his every move.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
On China's frenetic and hugely popular retail livestreams, glamorous hosts sell goods ranging from shoes and lipsticks to baby products and, increasingly, truckloads of sulphurous coal.
From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2023
From time to time the sea would flare with a soft sulphurous light where forty feet down Oiler was working with the cuttingtorch.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
This is a great one for those for whom soda alone is too sweet: cumin and sulphurous black salt bring a savory quality, lime juice adds tartness, and the green herbs give grassy notes.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2021
That morning it left a sulphurous smell behind it, which was very offensive.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.