How to Use botulism in a Sentence

botulism

noun

• There’s a lot of places [where] dirt’s got botulism in it.
  — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2020
• But even if the botulism explanation is true, the toxin cannot live in the body for a year.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 26 Sep. 2017
• The incidence of botulism in Alaska is 836 times greater than in rest of US - a clash of culture & disease.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2011
• Reduced water for wildlife refuges and flooding rice farms could set the stage for botulism and avian cholera outbreaks.
  — Louis Sahagúnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
• That’s still not in my wheelhouse, thanks to a phobia that took root after writing about botulism in 1979.
  — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2020
• Officials believe the birds were likely killed by Type E botulism and washed ashore this week.
  — Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2019
• Raw garlic also should not be used in sous vide cooking because there’s a risk of botulism.
  — Washington Post, 25 June 2021
• Give honey to soothe a cough (but not if your kid is under a year, because deadly botulism spores can live in honey).
  — Rachel Pearson, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2022
• And the birds are also susceptible to avian botulism, which killed over a thousand birds at Kamfers in 2013.
  — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2019
• The tea has a risk of botulism, a rare but serious illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by a bacterium.
  — Susan Abram, The Mercury News, 20 June 2017
• In the Great Lakes, they’re blamed for outbreaks of avian botulism that have killed tens of thousands of birds and for a general increase in water pollution.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• By noon each day, the rescue teams have often filled their crates with birds in various stages of botulism poisoning.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 1 Sep. 2020
• Every 10 weeks, Sundquist gets 32 bee sting–like injections of the nerve-numbing botulism toxin into her face and neck.
  — Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS, 18 May 2018
• Another concern is the potential, albeit small, risk of botulism for those who try the trend with raw honey.
  — NBC News, 2 Aug. 2021
• For instance, bacteria that cause cholera, botulism, and dysentery all do so with the help of toxins encoded by prophage.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2018
• On average, about 20 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with wound botulism each year.
  — Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 11 June 2021
• But untreated and out of control in the body, botulism attacks the nervous system, breathing and heart function.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2017
• Adding moist components to the oil increases the risk of botulism (this is especially true of garlic).
  — Becky Krystal, charlotteobserver, 17 Apr. 2018
• One man in Nome died this year after contracting botulism from a potluck meal of beluga flipper.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 22 May 2019
• Botulism does not cause fever, and those affected are usually alert and aware of their surroundings.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 25 May 2017
• Because the acid in the food kills microorganisms that can lead to spoilage, bacterial growth, and the risk of food poisoning (including botulism).
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2020
• Martin Galindo, a father of two, contracted botulism from the cheese.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 25 May 2017
• The company claims that the sanitation process helps protect users from risks, such as botulism, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and more.
  — Melissa Lee, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2020
• Round gobies can also spread botulism throughout the food chain.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 15 Apr. 2022
• But shallow, warm waters could also fuel botulism outbreaks and mass die-offs, The Times’ Susanne Rust reports.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
• North Korea has claimed Warmbier fell into a coma that resulted from botulism and a sleeping pill.
  — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2017
• The North Korean government said botulism is to blame for Warmbier's condition, but doctors haven't found any evidence of the illness in the now 22-year-old.
  — Paul Leblanc, CNN, 16 June 2017
• Shallow pricks of botulism neurotoxins are inserted all over the face just below the surface of the skin for more of a smoothing effect than a muscle-freezing one.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 12 Apr. 2022
• Multiple coffee shops and grocery stores across North Carolina are pulling some of their products off the shelves because of potential botulism — a fatal form of food poisoning.
  — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2024
• But harmful exposure to the toxin—such as from an infection, eating contaminated foods, or use of counterfeit Botox—can cause botulism or at least botulism-like illnesses.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024