How to Use phenol in a Sentence

phenol

noun

• Recovery time is brutal, and after a phenol peel, your skin crusts over and peels off over the course of about 10 days.
  — Julie Ricevuto, Allure, 19 Nov. 2020
• The whisky offers up notes of cold smoke overlain with medicinal notes of phenol, iodine and seaweed, along with peaty and earthy notes.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• Hassell points out that part of the reason for wine's potential to boost health has to do with the natural phenol and polyphenol compounds found in wine.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 29 Feb. 2020
• The fungi cause a staining of the wood and then eventual advanced decay, and the tree responds to the fungi by trying to wall it off with tannins and phenols that slow fungal growth.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
• The phenols in Moroccan oil maintain scalp health and help to balance the pH levels, which can combat oil, explains Dr. Jaliman.
  — Brittany Loggins, Health.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• Next to Bruichladdich’s Octomores, Ardbeg has the peatiest whiskies in all of Scotland, as measured by phenol parts per million.
  — Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2019
• Smoke damage is invisible, but volatile phenols in smoke can be absorbed by leaves and grape skins, then released at the time of fermentation, altering the flavor.
  — Constance Casey, Slate Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
• Yet the list of ingredients (one version contains phenol, a potential irritant) didn’t sit well with her.
  — Kari Molvar, Vogue, 7 June 2018
• Initially, the company reported a half ton of phenol, which can burn skin and be potentially fatal, was spilled.
  — Time, 22 Mar. 2018
• Davis says that the more complex part of the barrel aging process is esterification, which is when alcohol and phenol or weak acids bond together.
  — Christopher Null, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2015
• This new Port Charlotte vintage furthers their take on the concept of terroir, and that’s despite having a significant peat level of 40 ppm (phenol parts per million).
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2023
• Researchers at university departments of enology and viticulture are at work pinning down the specifics of how the phenols are absorbed.
  — Constance Casey, Slate Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
• While taste is subjective, there is a way to objectively measure peat in whisky, and that’s by measuring the phenol, the chemical that gives a whisky its characteristic smoky notes.
  — Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2019
• These chemicals—such as benzene, toluene, naphthalene, anthracene, and phenol—form the basis for perfumes, explosives, and medicines.
  — Akshat Rathi, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2019
• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, phenol is an acid in both substance and vapor form that is corrosive to the eyes, skin, and respiratory tract.
  — Amy Lieu, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
• Deepak Mehta, chairman of Deepak Nitrite, makes his debut with a net worth of $2.05 billion thanks to a threefold rise in the company’s stock price amid rising demand for phenol, used in laminates, plywoods and paints.
  — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
• There is research to suggest that compounds such as phenols and the vitamin E in oatmeal can have anti-inflammatory effects.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 15 Jan. 2020
• Dark chocolate is touted for its sky-high levels of antioxidants like phenols, natural plant compounds that have been shown to protect your heart and improve memory.
  — Marygrace Taylor, Woman's Day, 24 Nov. 2014
• The observed barrels are falling apart, and the soil and groundwater around them tests high for related contaminants toluene, chlorobenzene, phenol and heavy metals, according to DEQ documents.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2018
• Now, researchers have discovered that soaking carbon nanotubes in phenol can increase their ability to disperse heat by one-sixth, allowing less nanomaterials to be used for the same job.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Nov. 2019
• As the trial opened last week, prosecutor Andreas Brendel detailed how prisoners were killed by being given lethal injections of gasoline or phenol directly to their hearts, shot or starved.
  — David Rising, The Seattle Times, 13 Nov. 2018
• Over the years, various toxic chemicals including barium, lead, arsenic, phenol, benzene, toluene and others were detected at the sites or in groundwater.
  — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• The Russian branch of Greenpeace said tests conducted on water samples from Khalaktyrsky Beach showed petroleum levels four times higher than usual, and phenol levels were also 2.5 times higher.
  — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020
• Initial probes showed that levels of phenol, a substance often used as antiseptic or disinfectant, were 2.5 times higher than normal, and petroleum levels 3.6 times higher.
  — Mary Ilyushina, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020
• While scientists quickly excluded volcanic activity as the cause of the marine die-off, samples taken at Khalaktyrskiy Beach found that levels of phenol, iron, oil products, phosphate ions, and mercury were several times higher than normal.
  — National Geographic, 16 Oct. 2020
• Wildfire smoke carries potentially damaging volatile phenol compounds that can penetrate grape skins.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 18 Jan. 2022
• Cumene is an intermediate chemical used to produce phenol, which is a refined product used to produce everyday consumer goods and construction materials.
  — Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 23 Mar. 2023
• Tests showed the soil and quarries were contaminated with hazards including cyanide, arsenic, mercury, fluorene, ammonia, phenol and other volatile organic compounds.
  — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• When chlorine is combined with phenols, which are chemicals that are both naturally-occurring in water and exist in pharmaceuticals and personal care products, the mixture produces disinfection byproducts.
  — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024