How to Use toluene in a Sentence

toluene

noun

• Trade in the paraffin kind, which can release icky chemicals like alkens and toluene, for a cleaner burn with beeswax.
  — Allison Young, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Solvents such as ethylbenzene and toluene can get into air, water and soil but break down quickly.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2017
• Arts and Theater Safety Newsletter called for the banning of Barge with toluene in 2003 — but the product is still dominant in puppetry.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2022
• But for other mixtures (like alcohols, or toluene and decane), the ratio of the two liquids is different on the surface compared to the bulk.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
• His team first tried recreating the 1986 experiment, in which researchers got T. auensis to make toluene.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
• Formaldehyde, d-Limonene, toluene, acetone, and ethanol (and more) fall within this category.
  — Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2020
• Harmful chemicals such as toluene in aerosols and difluoroethane in compressed air cleaners are what cause the high, which lasts for a few minutes.
  — Kashmira Gander, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2018
• Does not contain dibutyl phthalate, toluene, formaldehyde, or formaldehyde resin.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2021
• Texas and Louisiana house the plants that produce toluene diisocyanate (TDI), one of two main chemicals used to make furniture foam.
  — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2021
• Delta-8 is typically produced by dissolving CBD — a compound found in cannabis plants — in solvents, such as toluene that is often found in paint thinner.
  — Eric Berger, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
• Raw natural gas contains a mix of methane and toxic chemicals like benzene, toluene or formaldehyde.
  — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 23 Jan. 2023
• These chemicals—such as benzene, toluene, naphthalene, anthracene, and phenol—form the basis for perfumes, explosives, and medicines.
  — Akshat Rathi, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2019
• For instance, product packaging could contain toluene, while plastics might emit benzene.
  — Chris Baraniuk, Wired, 16 July 2022
• The shade, named for the flowering shrub, gives just a pop of color and is eight-free — no formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, formaldehyde resin, camphor, xylene, ethyl tosylamide, triphenyl phosphate and parabens — vegan and cruelty free.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 22 Mar. 2018
• Two chemicals — toluene and sodium hypochlorite — likely caused the explosion, fire officials said.
  — Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• The reports said air pollutants including benzene, toluene and xylene were released into the atmosphere.
  — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2017
• Neither charcoal lighter fluid nor gasoline contain toluene as a single component, Jackson wrote.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
• In Torrance, for nearly 30 years beginning during the war, unlined pits and ponds were filled with waste from synthetic rubber-making and other industries, spoiling the groundwater with benzene and toluene.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• In this case, hydrogen is blended with methylbenzene (toluene) to make methylcyclohexane.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2020
• 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
• Writers often cite a 2009 study by South Carolina State University researchers that claimed that paraffin wax releases harmful chemicals such as toluene.
  — Sam Gutierrez, House Beautiful, 26 Dec. 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
• And methane comes laden with other toxic pollutants, like benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and other smog-forming organic compounds.
  — James Rainey, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2018
• Wells emit a volatile miasma of cancer-causing hydrocarbons such as benzene and toluene, and their wastewater can contaminate underground water tables relied on by neighbors for household supplies.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
• The chemicals released in the week after Harvey made landfall include benzene, 1,3-butadiene, hexane, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, toluene and xylene.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• The chemicals released in the week after Harvey made landfall, including benzene, 1,3-butadiene, hexane, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, toluene and xylene.
  — Paige Winfield Cunningham, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2017
• Some polishes include potential cancer-causing chemicals like dibutyl phthalate, toluene and formaldehyde.
  — Elizabeth Denton, Seventeen, 16 July 2018
• In addition, methane leaks often contain other toxic pollutants, carcinogens, and poisonous gases like toluene, benzene, and hydrogen sulfide.
  — Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• In addition to its climate impacts, petrochemical production can release airborne toxins such as 1,3-Butadiene, benzene, and toluene, causing cancer and other illnesses.
  — Beth Gardiner, Wired, 20 Jan. 2020
• Investigators sampled the contents of the drums and plastic containers at the 5-acre site, revealing hazardous materials and carcinogens including flammable chemicals, benzene, toluene, trichloroethylene, lead and polychlorinated biphenyls.
  — jsonline.com, 15 Feb. 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024