How to Use noxious in a Sentence

noxious

adjective

• Patrons know to walk far around them to avoid the noxious fumes.
  — Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2022
• Or to come close to so many rattlesnakes and noxious plants?
  — Outside Online, 13 June 2022
• What noxious weeds are present in the Kansas City area?
  — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
• The Romans thought the fevers people caught there were caused by noxious fumes.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
• Other noxious invaders are poised to make the same trip.
  — jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• And the state of New York can't prohibit noxious speech because of it as well.
  — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2022
• While some fled, others just sat on the ground, covered their faces and waited in the noxious fumes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• Steam vents hissed clouds of noxious gases into the bright blue sky.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2022
• No skunk weed — that foul, noxious pot that pervades Gotham’s air.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Nov. 2022
• That left her with two options: a home in a noxious apartment there or no home at all.
  — Alan Judd, ajc, 19 June 2022
• But people were warned to stay away because of the risk from noxious fumes and hot magma.
  — Morgan Coates, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022
• What to protect and how A noxious weed threatens the CT River.
  — Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
• The mock smoke bomb fizzled to the floor, releasing noxious smoke, and a woman screamed.
  — Les Payne, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2020
• Gun sites went silent as flocks of noxious drones moaned and blustered, dove, exploded, and wrecked the city anew.
  — Jamie Holmes, Wired, 4 Aug. 2020
• Idling trucks and freeway traffic kick up noxious fumes and dust.
  — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
• The trick was to drop the bomb into the hole and then cover the opening with dirt so the noxious fumes would asphyxiate the groundhog.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
• On a summer day in Minnesota, because the air was noxious to breathe.
  — Sarah Barker, Outside Online, 23 Aug. 2021
• Goats are happy to eat any noxious weed but also chew on wiring and climb on equipment.
  — Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022
• Biting insects are noxious for you and your pets, not to mention a threat to your canine's health.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
• William waited in the Negro car, closest to the engine, with its flying sparks and noxious fumes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
• Some even consume noxious fare that few other species would dare eat.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
• Why it is now called a 'noxious plant' Stinknet plants can grow up to 2 feet high and tend to fill in open spaces between native plants.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 26 Mar. 2020
• The noxious effects can reach entire swaths of the continent.
  — Jamie Dickman, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
• For the Waterfords, progress comes in the form of the Putnams—the high-ranking Gileadean Commander and his noxious wife.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• Some residents have not had their trash picked up in over a week, leading them to report noxious smells and rats in their streets.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• The other noxious weeds listed in both states are Canada thistle and Kudzu.
  — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
• Two new studies out this year have heightened health worries about noxious fumes in our kitchens.
  — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2022
• They're even classified as a noxious weed in Connecticut, where sales of this species are banned.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
• Produced entirely by Pharrell, the new album is full of the noxious synths and quaking 808s of the Clipse’s classic work.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
• In other words, standards to help advertisers keep their messages from showing up alongside posts and accounts promoting hate speech and other noxious messages.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024