How to Use inorganic in a Sentence

inorganic

adjective

• These kinds of films without stars don’t have great inorganic pull.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 6 June 2019
• The air was thick with smoke and the stench of burning inorganic materials.
  — New York Times, 7 Aug. 2021
• And it’s the first inorganic blue pigment discovered in more than 200 years.
  — Mark Thiessen, National Geographic, 8 Dec. 2020
• These creepy crawlers breath out CO2 – returning some inorganic carbon to the atmosphere – and use the rest to move around, make babies, and all of that.
  — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• His measurements showed that less than half of the mercury in the cats’ brain samples occurred as methylmercury; the rest was inorganic.
  — Joshua Sokoloski, Science | AAAS, 24 Mar. 2020
• Others argued that the use of Biggie’s voice sounded inorganic — that certain lyrics seemed strange in the artist’s voice.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• There’s always more to do that will be organic and or inorganic.
  — Bylila MacLellan, Fortune, 2 June 2023
• The soil is then screened for inorganic material and placed into a cube to rest and cool for another 30 days.
  — Kira Mautone, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2023
• Quantum dots are tiny inorganic particles that glow a range of colors from red to blue when exposed to light.
  — David Keyton, Christina Larson and Rodrique Ngowi The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2023
• Lampe-Onnerud, 53, has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry and is a native of Sweden.
  — David Holahan, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• Decades later, testing during the appeal process showed the stains weren’t made by blood, but some inorganic substance.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
• Although for me, questions of habit, the inorganic nature of driving and social pressure rise before the innate chaos and evil of the human soul.
  — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• Replace bark mulch with very fine compost if inorganic mulching is not an option.
  — oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2022
• Light and dark, life and death, hot and cold, arid and lush, organic and inorganic, masculine and feminine.
  — Nick Clement, Variety, 9 Nov. 2022
• Worse, when the stains finally were tested in 2008 - part of a last ditch appeal by Henning and Birch - the result showed they weren’t made by blood at all, but some inorganic substance.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 23 July 2019
• Neither the show nor the actors seem comfortable with this cute, inorganic story line.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
• Since then, Knife River has grown through both organic and inorganic routes.
  — Joe Cornell, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• These inorganic compounds are not absorbed into the body, and sit on the skin reflecting or absorbing the sun’s harmful rays.
  — Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times, 10 June 2019
• Instead, their method relies on direct cross-linking of the inorganic HSQ.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 July 2023
• Dams built for these projects slow down water flow and allow natural inorganic mercury to settle on the bottom of riverbeds.
  — Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
• Roche has been looking at inorganic growth to bolster its pipeline.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• There are two basic kinds of mulch: organic and inorganic.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2020
• The other cause is inorganic particles hovering in the water column — silt and dirt kicked up by car traffic around the Tahoe basin and erosion that wash into the lake.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2021
• Arsenic is a natural element found in soil, water and air, with the inorganic form being the most toxic.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 17 Oct. 2019
• The usage of stock footage is expected in a documentary like this, but the choice of clips feels inorganic with Beemer’s overarching style.
  — Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2020
• Picking Mulch for Your Garden There are two basic kinds of mulch: organic and inorganic.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2018
• In the face of such stiff competition, inorganic growth channels become important to the likes of Netflix.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 11 July 2019
• About 81 percent of the mucus contained inorganic sediments, the study found.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022
• Lead chromate, also known as chrome yellow, is an inorganic compound used as a pigment.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 30 July 2024
• Short-term exposure to inorganic arsenic can cause nausea, vomiting, bruising, and numbness or burning sensations in the hands and feet, the FDA says.
  — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024