How to Use anaerobic in a Sentence

anaerobic

adjective

• Some bacteria are aerobic and others are anaerobic.
• Weight lifting is an anaerobic exercise.
• Use of anaerobic digesters to biodegrade food waste in homes.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
• The greater the remaining anaerobic capacity, the faster the last lap.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2021
• This distance requires a good dose of both aerobic work (from your slow-twitch fibers) and anaerobic work (from your fast-twitch fibers).
  — Ali Nolan, SELF, 16 June 2022
• Without mixing the anaerobic digester, trapped gases cause the sludge to expand and rise.
  — The Seattle Times, 29 Apr. 2017
• This is a condensed version that will still push you to find your anaerobic threshold, leaving you fitter, stronger, and ready to conquer the rest of your day.
  — Madeline Howard, Women's Health, 29 May 2023
• That jibes with the horde of anaerobic bacteria (those that live without oxygen) that inhabit the colon.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2018
• The waste is mixed with water to form a slurry, and transported in a 2,500-gallon tank to the company's anaerobic digesters in Collinwood.
  — James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 23 June 2017
• The manure had been held in an anaerobic digester tank, which began operating at the port in 2013.
  — oregonlive.com, 25 July 2019
• The resulting organics are then squeezed out and added to a slurry that goes into the anaerobic digester.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2021
• If that is diverted to an anaerobic digester, there’s 65-70% left.
  — Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2022
• In the coming decade, Smithfield plans to cover 90 percent of its hog waste lagoons with these anaerobic digesters.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2021
• Around large farms, this waste is often contained in anaerobic lagoons.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 18 Sep. 2018
• The ambition was to promote anaerobic digesters for cow manure among clusters of dairy farms across the United States.
  — John Fialka, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2020
• On Earth, phosphine is often found in places that host anaerobic life, including lakes, marshes, paddy fields and in the sludge of landfills.
  — Katrina Miller, Wired, 14 July 2021
• If a compost pile is anaerobic, there are more serious consequences than the stench.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
• Once ingested, it is reduced to NO2 by anaerobic bacteria in the mouth.
  — NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• The LanzaTech biofoundry is the first anaerobic biofoundry in the world.
  — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• Thanks to an anaerobic digester (turning waste into energy), there isn't even a trash can.
  — Tabitha Joyce, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2019
• Properly licensed anaerobic digesters will be able to break it all down, while also killing pathogens.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2021
• Many foods are preserved through anaerobic fermentation: The fresh food is first sun-dried to get rid of excess moisture, then salted.
  — Tejal Rao, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2020
• Metal sulfides left behind by anaerobic bacteria and the breakdown of iron artifacts were sopped by the wood while the ship was submerged.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2021
• The result is an airtight, anaerobic environment that keeps spoilage out and goodness in.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2019
• Again, these repeats should feel fairly easy compared to your normal VO2 Max speed workouts and your anaerobic longer sprint workouts.
  — Greg McMillan, Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2021
• Their catuai variety is processed using an anaerobic slow dry method where beans are screened-in and left to dry outdoors for 12 days.
  — Sarah Burchard, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• Their sprint-type activities are anaerobic and are followed by periods of rest before they are called to run again.
  — Brian Lynn, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2020
• This process drives your body into anaerobic respiration and can push your heart to 90 percent of its maximal heart rate.
  — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2022
• What’s left can be composted at home, or sent to a commercial composter or anaerobic digester, where it can be processed into useful soil additives and other products.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2024
• While previous research by Kim's center and others have looked at contamination in inks, the study is the first to look specifically at both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in these inks.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024