How to Use smog in a Sentence

smog

noun

• Phillips’ loose lines and florid style evoke the smog-washed haze of the ‘80s.
  — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• The smog in Pittsburgh in the 1950s blotted out the sun.
  — Noah Smith, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2019
• A few days after the games opened, the smog and soot cleared and the sun shone.
  — Stephen Wade, Star Tribune, 16 Aug. 2020
• The greenhouse gas rating is 5 and the smog rating is 5; both out of 10.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
• For the rest of the Hawkeyes, the Terps defense suppressed offense like smog on the hottest day.
  — Katherine Fominykh, baltimoresun.com, 23 Feb. 2021
• Everything was brand-new to me and the air was thick with smog.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2020
• The greenhouse gas rating is a 7 and the smog rating is a 7; both out of 10.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
• The greenhouse gas rating is a 5, and the smog rating is a 7; both out of 10.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
• The greenhouse gas rating is a 5, and the smog rating is a 7, both out of 10.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
• The greenhouse gas rating is a 5, and the smog rating is a 7, both out of 10.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
• The greenhouse gas rating is a 5, and the smog rating is a 7; both out of 10.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2024
• The greenhouse gas rating is a 7, and the smog rating is a 7, both out of 10.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
• His question hung in the air like the kind of smog that used to drift down from the Mainland and choke them.
  — Gish Jen, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• When smog and ozone levels spike, our homes should be a place to take refuge.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021
• The report deals with the two main types of air pollution that plague the U.S.: smog and soot.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2021
• However, by this point our eyes and lungs were on fire from the gray haze of both the smog and heat.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2022
• German native first thought the state’s smog was just fog.
  — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022
• The smog leads to watery eyes, migraines, and lung and heart diseases.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2021
• Polluting states want the Supreme Court to pause Biden's plan to reduce smog.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
• The view toward Lutsen Mountain was a vista of thick smog.
  — Marc Fisher, Jennifer Oldham, Sheila Regan, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2021
• More:Can face masks protect from wildfire smoke and smog?
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 June 2023
• Wildflowers hadn’t bloomed yet, many trails were still closed and smog was at its worst.
  — Adam H. Graham, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• No wonder the super-rich don’t tend to stop and smell the roses: The sky is blanketed in smog.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 May 2023
• But Gordy, put off by the low-hanging smog, wondered aloud about these houses up in the clear air.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
• Blast furnaces cranked out profits, steel coils and thick smog.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
• The ongoing wildfires have left the air on the West Coast filled with smoke and a historic layer of smog.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2020
• Massive blackouts and smog have hit cities across Iran.
  — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
• Back in the day, early Magic City settlers escaped the smoke and smog of downtown streets and found respite south of the city.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2019
• Sure, smog is bad in the Western Hemisphere’s largest city, where traffic jams can stretch for dozens of miles.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
• From Athens to New York City, wildfires around the world have brought orange skies and smog to major urban hubs this year.
  — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025