How to Use anoxic in a Sentence

anoxic

adjective

• Some of the best evidence is found in the layers of black shale — which form under anoxic conditions — that date to the time.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2021
• Climate change has already caused mass tree die-offs through droughts, and anoxic ocean dead zones are spreading.
  — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
• Others suffered anoxic brain injuries, which occur when the brain is cut off from oxygen.
  — Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, 5 July 2018
• Assumed to be a Greek trading vessel, the ship was so well preserved because it was buried deep in the Black Sea in anoxic (oxygen-deprived) water.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2018
• The embalmer called 911, and different paramedics took her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with an anoxic brain injury.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
• Heche was declared brain dead Friday after suffering an anoxic brain injury in the crash.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2022
• Despite attempts to resuscitate him, the man suffered an anoxic brain injury -- a complete lack of oxygen to the brain -- and was declared brain dead.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Scientists have long debated the cause of the anoxic and cooling conditions.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
• But for the ancient, anoxic Earth, the modeling shows something different.
  — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2018
• But although Webb cannot easily see oxygen, its infrared eyes could excel at glimpsing signs of anoxic life.
  — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2018
• But although Webb cannot easily see oxygen, its infrared eyes might excel at glimpsing signs of anoxic life.
  — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2018
• During the dormant season, anoxic water does not damage trees.
  — Bryan Hendricks, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
• The volume of anoxic waters, which are completely deprived of oxygen, has quadrupled.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 10 Dec. 2019
• Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury, which is complete oxygen deprivation to the brain.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 12 Aug. 2022
• The cause of death was was listed as anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction and the manner of death was ruled accidental.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
• The cause of death was listed as anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction and the manner of death was ruled accidental.
  — CBS News, 25 July 2022
• She was then declared brain-dead on August 12 after suffering a severe anoxic brain injury.
  — Vulture, 14 Aug. 2022
• The actress was hospitalized in critical condition, suffering burns and a severe anoxic brain injury from the crash.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2022
• Elliot Senseman, 27, died from an anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction, meaning that the snake completely cut off oxygen to his brain, the coroner said.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 25 July 2022
• Ninety percent of the Black Sea is anoxic, saturated by hydrogen sulfide.
  — WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
• Senseman's cause of death is anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction, according to the statement, which says that his death is being ruled an accident.
  — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022
• Some patients who suffer an anoxic brain injury -- in which the brain is deprived of oxygen -- require care to restore normal blood pressure and heartbeat, and to ensure a continuous supply of oxygen to the brain, Glatter said.
  — Joe Sterling, CNN, 16 June 2017
• Doctors at Baylor Medical Center diagnosed her with anoxic brain damage and an acute embolism.
  — Amanda Watts, CNN, 27 Apr. 2018
• The ship’s structure and materials have remained exceptionally well preserved because of the anoxic sediments and cool, low-salinity water of the Baltic Sea.
  — Stella MacHeridis, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
• Scripps Mercy doctors have diagnosed Hunter with anoxic brain injury encephalopathy.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
• Heche was initially hospitalized in critical condition, having suffered burns and a severe anoxic brain injury from the crash.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
• By feeding up above and metabolizing down below, the animals scrub and help ventilate the ocean, raising oxygen concentrations at the surface while driving anoxic regions to greater depths.
  — Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2018
• Methane-producing microbes love thawing permafrost because conditions are wet and oxygen-poor, or anoxic.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• The water had dissolved oxygen in it, which would be relevant to the conditions that might take place at the Yucca Mountain repository in the United States; other nations are planning repositories that would have anoxic conditions.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2020
• Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 12 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 20 Aug 2024