How to Use anthracite in a Sentence
anthracite
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During the day, the anthracite turns them a dark gray to contrast against the noir backdrop.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2021
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Lily pollen, the handkerchief petals white in the station’s anthracite air.
—Cynthia Zarin, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
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De Bethune placed the apertures for each on anthracite discs with a silver decal.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2022
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Two years ago some 80% of China’s anthracite came from North Korea.
—Eva Dou, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
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Its winches could send 800-pound bags of anthracite along cables.
—Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The speaker in black anthracite and green is available now, exclusively at Bang & Olufsen stores and online.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 May 2021
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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
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Kentucky is going with a new look today: chrome helmets, anthracite jerseys and blue pants.
—Joe Mussatto, ajc, 25 Nov. 2017
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Go to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and ask about the collapse of the anthracite coal industry.
—Elliott D. Woods, Outside Online, 24 Mar. 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Revenue from anthracite at one time provided nearly half of Pyongyang’s foreign exchange.
—Eva Dou, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Companies began increasingly ambitious anthracite digs, then began building canals and railroads to distribute the fuel to the East and South. But convincing Americans to use the new fuel proved tricky.
—Clive Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022
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The aluminum components of the speaker—anodized in house—are available in natural silver, black anthracite or bronze tone, while speaker covers (grilles) can be specified in natural fabric (gray or gray mélange) or, alternately, in wood.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 4 May 2021
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