How to Use catalytic in a Sentence

catalytic

adjective

• Ouabain binds to the α unit, the catalytic business end.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2018
• The year 1919 was, in fact, a catalytic moment in the history of the West.
  — Joseph Loconte, WSJ, 27 June 2019
• The grants come as theft of cars and catalytic converters is on the rise.
  — Star Tribune, 3 July 2021
• Non-catalytic stoves draw the woodsmoke through a series of baffles [Fig.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2018
• The man was trying to steal catalytic converters from the cars.
  — cleveland, 23 Apr. 2021
• Six catalytic converters were found in a pile next to the fence, police said.
  — Madison Mercado, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
• The black-market price for catalytic converters can be more than $1,000 each, the DOJ said.
  — Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
• Wyman points out the catalytic role of the Protestant Reformation in the spread of printing.
  — Razib Khan, National Review, 31 July 2021
• Two of the three rare earth metals used in catalytic converters are worth more per ounce than gold.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2020
• What’s compelling about the play — the catalytic effect Victoria and Glenn have on each other — gets lost in the thicket of the plot.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• But the catalytic evil of the park has turned out to be something far less futuristic than the show’s premise would imply.
  — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 24 June 2018
• That is a kind of catalytic discovery for him that gets him out of his house and into action.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2023
• The gas is put through a catalytic process to break it down into carbon dioxide and water.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
• Thefts of catalytic converters are on the rise in San Antonio and across the country.
  — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2021
• The thefts of catalytic converters have occurred in numerous cities and towns across the state.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2022
• The theft of catalytic converters is a problem in other cities as well.
  — James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2021
• Non-catalytic stoves draw the woodsmoke through a series of baffles (right side of the image) and employ a powerful draft to ignite the woodsmoke.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2019
• Grapevine has seen an increase in the theft of catalytic converters this year, police say.
  — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2020
• More: What catalytic converters do and why Bay Area thieves are stealing them.
  — Taylor Kate Brown, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2021
• During a search of the car, officers found two catalytic converters that had been cut off cars, and a sawzall.
  — cleveland, 21 July 2022
• But there is another kind of conflict—one that is catalytic.
  — Amanda Ripley, Time, 17 Apr. 2021
• Cages can deter thieves, as can welding the catalytic converters to cars.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
• But in the last week of July, thieves stole three catalytic converters in Wauwatosa, according to the weekly report.
  — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2021
• In the ’70s, a lot of the smog problem in L.A. was cleaned up by putting catalytic converters on cars and cutting down on hydrocarbon emissions.
  — David Marchese, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022
• The owner of the company said someone cut off and stole catalytic converters from three of the company’s vans.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2020
• No charges have been filed in connection with the catalytic converters.
  — cleveland, 12 Mar. 2021
• Rhodium is a rare metal that is used in automotive catalytic converters to meet strict emission norms and the price has surged over the past year.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 8 July 2021
• Which cars are most likely to have catalytic converters stolen?
  — Sam Burdette, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2022
• Michael said the biggest crime incidents had been some past thefts of catalytic converters.
  — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
• Two suspects were stealing the catalytic convertor from the victim’s car.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024