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 5 and the smog rating is a 6; both out of 10.
  — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
• 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, 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
• 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, 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, 14 July 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
• The metaphor of shutting down the freeway — with all that smog —he said, was perfect.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
• 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
• But out here between the smog and the concrete, a seed spliced with Google genes has found fertile soil.
  — Matt Sheehan, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2019
• 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
• For weeks, my small town has been blighted by a thick, toxic smog.
  — Chris Rush, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• The smog and ash has led to many absences, Vice Principal Deisha Davis said.
  — Washington Post, 25 May 2018
• 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
• People like me who grew up in Southern California didn’t like the smog.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
• Aparicio presents these casts as sculptures, offering them as portraits of the urban landscape of LA—knots, smog, graffiti, and all.
  — The Artnews Awards Jury, ARTnews.com, 4 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Mar 2025