How to Use laughing gas in a Sentence

laughing gas

noun

• The video shows Garner on a phone call with her friend while the laughing gas was still in effect.
  — Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2018
• Who knew that laughing gas could be the world’s true equalizer?
  — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2020
• When her contractions began to quicken, and deepen, a nurse came and tried to give some laughing gas to Meg.
  — Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
• When the valve is opened, the mixture is propelled from the can by nitrous oxide (laughing gas), and the gas expands rapidly to create a foam.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2022
• In the clip shot by her assistant, she was moved to tears while telling a friend about her love for Hamilton after being put on laughing gas.
  — Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2018
• The first thing to know is that nitric oxide isn’t the same as nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, or the stuff that gets you a little high at the dentist.
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
• It's sometimes referred to as laughing gas or happy gas, and is mostly used for pain relief.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
• The star was filmed at the party, during which people were (at least according to the Sun's source) smoking cannabis and inhaling laughing gas.
  — SI.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• In 1975, Ross died from an overdose after inhaling too much laughing gas.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 May 2024
• The presence of laughing gas—or N2O—can signify the presence of living organisms.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2022
• In the video game, players navigate the Joker's funhouse to stop him from releasing his toxic laughing gas.
  — Melania Hidalgo, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
• That's because the chemical byproduct of the bacteria that break down waste is nitrous oxide--a greenhouse gas also known as laughing gas.
  — Allison Bond, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2010
• Here’s a useful primer on nitrous oxide (N2O, or laughing gas), which is the third most common greenhouse gas, after carbon dioxide and methane.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 2 June 2021
• But a new study argues that nitrous oxide (N2O) – commonly known as laughing gas – should be considered, too.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
• Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is FDA-approved for use in medical settings to relieve pain.
  — Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2022
• While the film is largely a vehicle for a series of despicable male characters, through the multicolored clouds of laughing gas and hot air waltzes Harleen Quinzell, aka Harley Quinn.
  — Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2020
• About 40% of ammonium nitrate — laughing gas's source — comes from Russia.
  — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 3 June 2022
• Doctors first looked into using laughing gas as an antidepressant in a 2015 proof-of-concept trial.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 11 June 2021
• The age limit was enacted nine months ago to curb teens from possibly abusing nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2022
• Ammonia is toxic to humans and can, during combustion, turn into laughing gas, which is worse for the environment than CO2.
  — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 19 Oct. 2021
• Most might know laughing gas for its use in anesthesia and treating severe pain in humans, but that's not why N2O is catching the attention of these astrobiologists.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
• Options might include listening to music on headphones, using nitrous oxide (laughing gas), and more, Dr. Tang says.
  — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 5 Apr. 2018
• For all the supporting players, this remains a heavily British-tinged production -- basically James Bond on steroids and laughing gas.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 21 Sep. 2017
• Gobs of guano from king penguins in the sub-Antarctic give rise to comical clouds of nitrous oxide—aka laughing gas—according to a recent study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 May 2020
• As an alternative to epidurals, some hospitals across the United States are offering nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
• There are currently a few hundred American hospitals that offer laughing gas for labor.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
• With Lawrence at the helm of this narrative, Stupnitsky succeeds with almost two-thirds of an incendiary and entertaining gut-buster before a derivative chokehold cuts off the laughing gas.
  — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 21 June 2023
• And an increasing number of American hospitals now offer nitrous oxide, which is also known as laughing gas, and can be self-administered as needed.
  — Patricia Waldron, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
• The second victim, age 72, told police Salata raped her on Nov. 21 — the same day of his arrest — after administering laughing gas following a fat reduction procedure, the arrest report states.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2022
• And no one suspected that the active agent could be nitric oxide, a cancer-causing free radical most often associated with pollution (and not to be confused with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas).
  — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024