How to Use quicklime in a Sentence

quicklime

noun

• The remains are believed to have been thrown into 70 different mass graves and covered in the quicklime to seal off the site.
  — Aritz Parra, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2018
• Truth be told, the vats of pigeon excrement, cow urine and quicklime are quite pungent, but that’s part of the experience.
  — Lindsay Cohn, ELLE Decor, 6 Mar. 2018
• The concrete is made of quicklime, or calcium oxide, and volcanic ash.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 6 July 2017
• The harbor concrete, a mixture of volcanic ash and quicklime, has withstood the sea for two millennia and counting.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 6 July 2017
• His team then ran a series of tests using modern and ancient techniques with and without quicklime.
  — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2023
• An article on Sunday about a far-right network in Germany misstated one of the uses of quicklime.
  — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2020
• In a third container, these limestone pellets are heated to about 1000°C to create quicklime that can be reused and release carbon dioxide as a pure stream of gas.
  — Akshat Rathi, Quartz, 1 July 2019
• But Masic and his colleagues wondered whether they were instead caused by the Romans using quicklime in their mix before setting it with water.
  — Byjacklin Kwan, science.org, 6 Jan. 2023
• The Romans knew the binding properties of quicklime, but centuries later, its role in turning soil into structure had to be discovered all over again.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2021
• The carbonate-rich rock is ground up and placed in the kiln along with clay, which fuses with the quicklime and contributes minerals that will eventually help the concrete resist cracks and weathering.
  — M. Mitchell Waldrop, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2022
• Other ingredients were less potable: camphor and quicklime, varnish and vinegar.
  — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2021
• Those reservoirs of calcium, starting out as quicklime, can expand when hydrated, creating cloth-like nanoparticles.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 3 Feb. 2023
• The company's Longview operation in Alabama employs about 130 people, Whyte said, and produces limestone, limestone aggregate, quicklime and hydrated lime.
  — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 21 July 2017
• Operating historically as Southern Lime and in operation for more than 60 years, the facility supplies high-calcium quicklime and hydrated lime products.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al.com, 8 July 2019
• Police said 13 officers required hospital treatment after protesters attacked them with quicklime.
  — Time Staff, Time, 1 July 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024