How to Use sulfurous in a Sentence

sulfurous

adjective

• The town abounds with hot springs, boiling mud, and, yes, the sulfurous farts of the gods.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2017
• At the summit, one crater spits sulfurous clouds of gas.
  — Christopher Bagley, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Feb. 2018
• The wind brought in a strong sulfurous odor that quickly made our eyes water.
  — Anna Kuchment, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
• Black gold had been gushing there since the nineteen-twenties, and a sulfurous odor hung in the air.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• It’s these same sulfurous vapors that can sting your eyes.
  — New York Times, 17 May 2021
• Bathing in, and drinking, the sulfurous waters of the hot springs, was held to be a cure for everything from nerves to gout.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 18 July 2017
• Lo stared through the window at the blistered paint of the dumpster, the sulfurous spatters of fireworks on the pavement.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2021
• The light bounced off the metalwork of the limousine and made the flowers burst into sulfurous blossom.
  — Michael Hofmann, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• Bimbo stormed into the jacks, thrummed a sulfurous piss into the gurgling trough.
  — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• Smoke rises from the stage like the sulfurous exhalations of hell.
  — Vulture, 10 May 2023
• Parts of the lake boiled and volcanic openings called fumaroles belched out hot sulfurous gases.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
• Even mildly rotten eggs will give off that sulfurous smell of, well, rotten eggs!
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 12 Mar. 2023
• The barren landscape — the soil is too sulfurous for plants — and the shifting mists lent the entire scene a Kurosawa-like foreboding.
  — Eva Sohlman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2019
• The vulture seemed to have sniffed out a few sulfurous molecules from hundreds of feet overhead.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2018
• Crackly and sweet, with the sulfurous rattle of scallions just below the surface, the bread makes for superb snacking.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
• Yes, that tropical fruit that shows up on cooking challenge shows all the time because of its strong, sulfurous scent.
  — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021
• The compact spa (a sulfurous and geothermally heated hot tub, steam room and sauna) and gym cost 15 euros (about $17) a person for the entire stay.
  — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, New York Times, 16 June 2017
• The ground simmers at our feet as little mud volcanoes disgorge piles of hot, sulfurous muck.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2020
• Stranger still, color is drained from the image, except at the center, where the waxing moon turns toxic orange, filling the patch of sky around it with a sulfurous glow.
  — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023
• High-velocity jets of steam, along with sulfurous volcanic fumes and small gritty rock debris, began to blow out from the pit in May of that year.
  — Wendell Duffield, Scientific American, 15 May 2018
• Given the sulfurous volcanic mists that often swirl in dense clouds, Wallenda will wear a pair of goggles to protect his eyes.
  — Billy Cox, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2020
• With a strong, slightly sulfurous flavor, a yellow onion has a sharp edge that mellows with long, gentle cooking.
  — WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
• To elevate your own sporty shorts, try finishing off the look with an A.L.C cropped ivory tank top with sulfurous Castaigne kidskin slides.
  — Alexandra Gurvitch, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2017
• In public supplies, the EPA recommends keeping it to 250 parts per million to minimize the sulfurous smell and taste.
  — Patrick Di Justo, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2012
• Grilling the chicken is a no-brainer here, but grilling a humble half head of cabbage really transforms the veggie from squeaky and sulfurous to sweet and tender.
  — America's Test Kitchen, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
• As sulfurous tendrils of smoke and ash swirled in the air above Cahuenga Boulevard, the studio started filling with a swap meet's worth of televisions and stereos.
  — Jeff Weiss, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• The hissing and sulfurous smell arrived first, as if the Devil was nearby, breathing heavily.
  — Eva Sohlman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2019
• Neither the kimchi fried rice, which tasted like ketchup and cabbage, nor the kimchi pancake did much to showcase kimchi’s sulfurous punch.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2017
• Keeping the cloves whole also means that the sulfurous compounds in a garlic clove (or any allium) remain intact.
  — New York Times, 16 Apr. 2021
• The Solfatara, a dormant volcano, emits sulfurous fumes.
  — Valentina Di Donato, CNN, 12 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2024