How to Use acid rain in a Sentence

acid rain

noun

• The acid rain case shows the problem with techno-optimism.
  — Rachel Rothschild, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2015
• After all, didn’t George H. W. put an end to acid rain?
  — Doug Henwood, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• Even lemon juice and orange juice are more acidic than acid rain.
  — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 10 May 2018
• This can become acid rain, which kills the forests that take CO2 from the atmosphere.
  — Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
• The vog's sulfuric acid droplets would fall, too -- thus, acid rain.
  — Jason Hanna, CNN, 10 May 2018
• The gray trunks of red spruce trees killed by acid rain once heavily scarred the mountain forests of the Northeast.
  — Lisa Rathke, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2018
• Much like acid rain, the hole in the ozone layer caused governments to take action.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022
• Could the release of vinyl chloride in East Palestine cause acid rain throughout the state?
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2023
• This last step will keep acid rain, dirt and road salt from attacking the plastic, at least for a while.
  — Michael Austin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2017
• The book in front of us today is one for which many people have waited — as if outside, in the acid rain — a long time.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• The chances of acid rain and toxic clouds remain low, though the volcanic ash in the air could pose a risk to residents of the island.
  — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2021
• Again, much like acid rain, the problem hasn’t totally gone away.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022
• Ultraviolet rays beat down from the sun and acid rain breaks down a paint’s clear coat over months and years.
  — Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2022
• The ozone hole and acid rain were not fixed with the first international agreements on the table.
  — Hannah Ritchie, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
• There's carbon dioxide, which alters the climate, and sulfates that form aerosols and lead to acid rain.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2020
• Life on Earth suffered through scorching heat, acid rain, and wildfires.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 28 May 2024
• The two-unit Spruce coal plant each day emits over 11 tons of nitrogen oxides, the compounds that react to form ozone and acid rain.
  — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• In the 1980s acid rain air pollution was curbed through a cap and trade program championed by George H.W. Bush.
  — Luke Sharrett, National Geographic, 27 Sep. 2017
• Pitting, tiny holes created by acid rain decades ago, will be filled.
  — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• Most notable are those that firmed up the causal link between ‘acid rain’ and eggshell malformation in birds.
  — Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
• For comparison, orange juice and acid rain also have a pH of 3 to 4.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2024
• Those who have stayed on the island are at risk for earthquakes, lava flows, acid rain, toxic gases, and ash.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2021
• The area was also at risk for acid rain, which could lead to lead poisoning as rain falls on debris, Dr. Mazariegos said.
  — Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 4 June 2018
• Red spruce are particularly sensitive to acid rain and, at the height of the die-off, some forests lost 50 percent of them.
  — Lisa Rathke, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2018
• The eruption would have spewed greenhouse gases and sulfur dioxide, which can cause acid rain.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
• Heavy rains are adding to the danger, mixing with the ash to create potential mudslides, flooding and acid rain.
  — Christopher Dawson, CNN, 7 June 2018
• Now, bear in mind, that nobody wants to rain down acid rain on the penguins and other animals that call the Arctic and Antarctic home.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 Sep. 2022
• Sulfur dioxide, for example, could eat away at the ozone layer or cause acid rain.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
• So for residents of the Big Island, acid rain could actually be the least of their worries.
  — Lyndsey Matthews, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2018
• Damage to forests by acid rain in the Northeast in the 1960s was linked to coal-burning power plants in other regions, for example.
  — Henry Fountain, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024