How to Use glycerol in a Sentence

glycerol

noun

• If ointment leaves your child feeling greasy, use a cream with glycyrrhetinic acid, urea, glycerol or oats in it.
  — Hallie Levine, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• By Dani combines equal parts gelatin, glycerol and water.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 20 Oct. 2017
• In this process, fats and oils convert into a glycerol and a salt of a fatty acid, giving off a soap-like film that can last much longer.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2023
• Sodium and glycerol allow the body to hold more water for a short time, reducing the threat of dehydration.
  — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2019
• Fat is made up of triglycerides, or a glycerol molecule with three fatty acids attached.
  — Environmental Nutrition, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• So, under typical circumstances, the oil or glycerol that the researchers used would fall, because the air in the container is less dense.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2020
• The researchers used a typical solution of water, glycerol, and a surfactant to make a simple 2D foam squashed between two plates of glass.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
• Medium bodied and a little glycerol on the palate, this is a little more structured to go with food, but uncomplicated enough for a simple quaff.
  — Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• That cipher key itself, a molecular key no less, was first dissolved in isopropanol before being mixed with glycerol and soot.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• An acronym for polyglycerol polyricinoleate, which is made from glycerol, among other things.
  — Megan Giller, Bon Appetit, 14 Sep. 2017
• In a process called saponification, an alkali is used to cause changes in animal or vegetable fats, leaving behind soap and glycerol.
  — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
• But when researchers formed bubbles with a high concentration of glycerol — a compound commonly used in a host of foods and medicines — the compound was highly effective in staving off the sphere's inevitable death by pop.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2022
• While adding glycerol may make the bubbles more stable, Rio said the impact of other ingredients on the bubbles’ stability is still an open question.
  — Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2023
• Chu and colleagues have found that the strain, which normally lives in mangrove wetlands, can also thrive on glycerol (an industrial byproduct), wastewater, and sewer sludge.
  — Bryn Nelson, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
• By using glycerol, Kenis says that his team was able to reduce the overpotential in that part of their system by nearly two-thirds and churn out formic acid, which is widely used in chemical synthesis.
  — Robert Service, Science | AAAS, 1 Sep. 2017
• Ethanol is combined with glycerol and hydrogen peroxide to make the sanitizer.
  — USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2020
• Another theory is that chromium may stimulate the breakdown of fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
  — Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
• This refers to your body converting the fatty acids into glycerol, mobilizing it, and oxygenating this energy source.
  — Kat Hillman | Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
• Participants took 16 three-second puffs of an e-cigarette that contained only vape juice, or a mixture of water, glycerol, and propylene glycol (which help keep the cartridge's contents dissolved).
  — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• This preliminary research suggests that the bacteria love glycerol and glycol.
  — Jackie Rocheleau, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• To make the hand sanitizer, distillers mix alcohol with small amounts of hydrogen peroxide and a moisturizer like glycerol or aloe vera gel.
  — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2020
• Most wrap manufacturers use glycerol—a compound also used in, among other things, anti-freeze and the production of nitroglycerin.
  — Nicola Temple, WSJ, 4 May 2018
• Although rare to find, cerebral tissues found in archaeological discoveries have saponified, the process by which triglycerides turn into glycerol and fatty acid salts, or soap.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2020
• Although rare to find, cerebral tissues found in archaeological discoveries have saponified, the process by which triglycerides turn into glycerol and fatty acid salts, or soap.
  — Fox News, 24 Jan. 2020
• But vaping liquids contain additives such as propylene glycol and glycerol that can form carcinogenic compounds when they are heated.
  — Author: Kate Zernike, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2018
• The researchers also showed that a common adulteration—switching glycerol for diethylene glycol during the production of cold medicine—was easily detectable.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2018
• The mock viral droplets being released contain ingredients common in household products, such as glycerol, which is found in soap, and fluorescent dye found in laundry detergent.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
• Another product called Belotero Revive from Merz, a German company, adds glycerol to a hyaluronic acid base to help treat hyperpigmentation.
  — Alice Hart-Davis, ELLE, 20 Apr. 2023
• This will frighten some into trying less-common strategies like hyperhydration with sodium or glycerol.
  — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2019
• Formulated with a blend of glycerol rosinate wax, jojoba seed oil, and sunflower seed oil, the wax strips are designed with vegan ingredients that gently yet effectively lift hair away from the skin, leaving behind a smooth and soft surface.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024