How to Use anthracite in a Sentence

anthracite

noun

• During the day, the anthracite turns them a dark gray to contrast against the noir backdrop.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2021
• Lily pollen, the handkerchief petals white in the station’s anthracite air.
  — Cynthia Zarin, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• De Bethune placed the apertures for each on anthracite discs with a silver decal.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2022
• Two years ago some 80% of China’s anthracite came from North Korea.
  — Eva Dou, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
• Its winches could send 800-pound bags of anthracite along cables.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
• The divider between the living space and kitchen-dining area is a long fireplace complete with glass and anthracite stone.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
• The cushions come in five neutral colors—cream, anthracite, mole, blue, and gray—that sit on top of a handsome solid wood frame and sleek, thin black legs.
  — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2022
• Flying over the state affords a view of fracking wells pulling oil out of the ground and coal trains carrying loads of black anthracite to power plants around the country.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2020
• North Korea has ample reserves of the fuel, at one point leading the world in anthracite coal exports.
  — David Tweed, Bloomberg.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• For more than 150 years, Germany mined millions of tons of anthracite, or hard coal, from coal mines here that at their peak employed half a million miners.
  — Valerie Hamilton, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2017
• The speaker in black anthracite and green is available now, exclusively at Bang & Olufsen stores and online.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 May 2021
• It’s equipped with a modern version of the brand’s famous Caliber 11 movement and has a leather anthracite strap with a texture similar to the grooves of a racing tire.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2021
• Kentucky is going with a new look today: chrome helmets, anthracite jerseys and blue pants.
  — Joe Mussatto, ajc, 25 Nov. 2017
• Go to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and ask about the collapse of the anthracite coal industry.
  — Elliott D. Woods, Outside Online, 24 Mar. 2018
• The main living space is a large, solarium-like room with angled skylights and a custom gas fireplace made of glass and anthracite stone.
  — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 19 May 2022
• The anthracite coal miners worked in dangerous conditions, were often underpaid and in debt, and knew the hardship to come.
  — Susan Berfield, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2020
• But anthracite’s fortunes declined as people switched to gas and electric heat, and the 1920 census is the last one that recorded a major influx of people to Millersburg.
  — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 3 May 2017
• The first location burned coal at 900 degrees using high-grade anthracite from Pennsylvania, giving the pies a charred, crispy taste that Bruno missed from New York.
  — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2021
• Last but not least, the watch comes with an interchangeable anthracite textile strap that borrows its design from a rope, a tool that no mountaineer can do without.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2023
• And in the first of Smil's personal energy transitions, heat came not from wood, but from coal—hard black anthracite from Kladno or dirty brown lignite from North Bohemia.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
• The mainplate and bridges are treated in anthracite NAC, and the piece includes a triple calendar reading the date, day and month and indications for the age of the moon, as well as precision moon phase indications.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2021
• Since March, however, imports of anthracite—the coal used to power Chinese electric plants—have dropped to zero, China customs data show.
  — Eva Dou, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
• At least four ships of different flags showed up in August and September to dump North Korean anthracite onto a pile near the harbor’s southern tip, maritime records show.
  — Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2018
• According to the press release, the CUVolution is a bright orange camper trimmed in a matte anthracite color created to look like carbon fiber.
  — Megan Barber, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2018
• Some features of the new color rush jerseys, which are officially anthracite, or dark steel grey, with white numerals trimmed in Honolulu blue.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2017
• Revenue from anthracite at one time provided nearly half of Pyongyang’s foreign exchange.
  — Eva Dou, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
• Forge Fuel: Penn Keystone Coal sells clean-burning bituminous and anthracite blacksmith's coal in 50-pound bags protected by a cardboard box.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 2 Jan. 2020
• The strap is available in either black rubber or anthracite fabric to give collectors a little more versatility.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2023
• The veins of anthracite running through central and eastern Pennsylvania, and their proximity to ports across the eastern seaboard, caused European immigrants to migrate there during the 19th century.
  — Theodore Kupfer, National Review, 18 Sep. 2017
• The two had collaborated on a series a couple of years ago, and these new ceramic pieces — a sconce, table lamp, floor lamp, and pendant — are made in dark hues inspired by natural materials like anthracite, terra-cotta, and lapis lazuli.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 17 May 2022

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024