How to Use gas mask in a Sentence

gas mask

noun
  • The teen also had a gas mask with him, the source said.
    Brynn Gingras and Anna Sturla, CNN, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The woman in the video wears a police vest and a gas mask.
    Jeva Lange, TheWeek, 4 June 2020
  • Nobody wants to be first to take off the gas mask and find out.
    Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • There was also a bong with a gas mask attached in the trunk.
    John Benson, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Both the model and the cartoon bomb had gas masks clamped around their faces.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
  • That’s when the man — who had a piece of luggage with wheels with him — put on a gas mask, Gjeloshi said.
    Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022
  • They have been used for years by the military to train on gas mask use.
    Janice Chambers, The Conversation, 4 June 2020
  • One youth donned a gas mask over his shoulder-length hair.
    Johnny Miller — Stephen Schwartz, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The image shows a reporter with a gas mask and goggles.
    Devon Link, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
  • In March 2020 as the pandemic was taking hold, Gaetz wore a gas mask on the House floor.
    Alan Fram, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Gaetz made light of the virus earlier this month by wearing a gas mask on the House floor.
    Erin Corbett, refinery29.com, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Dial was clad in a helmet, gas mask and body armor at the time.
    oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Then his friend, Jack Heincien, 16, offered him the gas mask.
    Washington Post, 2 June 2020
  • He was also equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades, police said.
    Emily Bohatch, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Chesky, wearing a gas mask with a visor, told his crew.
    NBC News, 30 May 2020
  • Black face masks and gas masks have come to represent the protests themselves.
    Fortune, 4 Oct. 2019
  • In the absence of gas masks, use cotton-gauze bandages.
    Michael Lee, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Before the attack, the suspect put on a gas mask, say police.
    Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The smog in Beijing on the eve of the Games was godawful, and wearing a thin piece of cloth—or maybe a gas mask—seemed like a smart idea.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 July 2024
  • Before long, folks in the greater Atlanta area were sporting hats and shirts with the GasHouse gas mask logo.
    A.j. Herrington, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • Keep in mind that some of these items were used against protesters armed with mere placards and gas masks.
    Terrell Jermaine Starr, The Root, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Gallego had been on the House floor that day, had stood on a chair and helped his fellow members put on their gas masks.
    Ben Terris, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • In another video from the same ride, Danielson sat next to Gibson, a gas mask atop his head.
    oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Three dark cavities amid the folds of fabric make hollows in the lining that evoke a gas mask.
    Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The world beyond the Beltway first noticed him on CNN, donning a gas mask on air during the 1991 gulf war.
    Ian Black, New York Times, 7 May 2018
  • The video footage showed Robertson in a gas mask, wielding a long stick that his lawyers argued was just a walking stick.
    Peter Weber, The Week, 11 Apr. 2022
  • One opened a backpack and furtively pulled out several pairs of gloves and some gas masks.
    Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • First-aid stations were set up in tents, and military troops in gas masks and hazmat suits were sent in.
    Ken Moritsugu, The Seattle Times, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Speedman’s character is warned by a stranger wearing a gas mask not to trust anyone, before he is seemingly abducted by a shadowy figure in a basement.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Soon after, firefighters clad with gas masks and full personal protective equipment arrived on scene to mitigate the leak, which developed a full vapor plume spewing from the top of the tank car.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024

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