How to Use toxicity in a Sentence

toxicity

noun

• Does the amount of the poison matter in terms of its toxicity?
  — Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
• But with the toxicity between Misia and Pampinea, Mamet notes there was love there, too.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 July 2024
• The toxicity can be lethal to both the animals and the humans.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2022
• Pliny said ravens eat chameleons, but then ingest bay leaves to counter the lizards’ toxicity.
  — Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
• The city won approval to move the camp this month, in part because an air sample test done in March didn’t support the camp’s claims of toxicity in the air.
  — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 June 2021
• Briese said there is currently no cause for concern for the public, and that the deaths were caused by the weather, not by any toxicity in the area.
  — Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
• The staff also flagged a rise in blood pressure and pulse in the trials, and in cases of liver toxicity.
  — Sriparna Roy and Pratik Jain, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
• Manuel said doing that was a lot better than working with the leaves raw and getting burned by all the toxicity in them.
  — AZCentral.com, 2 July 2021
• Munro, of Queensland, ended up having a seizure — the result of water toxicity — and had to stay in the ICU for five days.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
• This marks the first report of the drug being effective orally, and the team saw no signs of toxicity.
  — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
• The ladies of The View got into a heated debate about workplace toxicity while... at work on live TV.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2022
• Because even though the platform is a cesspool of toxicity, there are reasons to stay.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
• Though the leachate was the main cause of toxicity in the two species, exposure to nanoparticles enhanced the problems.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2022
• Then the toxicity of the 2020 election, all three of these things overlapping.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
• Still, for many young people, the dating pool seems to have reached new levels of toxicity.
  — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
• Where Yik Yak oozes toxicity, BeReal feels like a safe haven, at least for the time being.
  — Wired, 26 July 2022
• With Snyder and his toxicity out of the way, the Commanders could get a new stadium.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
• Her job is to teach her daughter how to not put up with toxicity, gaslighting and this type of nonsense from anyone.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• In 1971, experts at Ohio State tested the toxicity of poinsettias by feeding parts of the plants to rats.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2021
• But as the pandemic progressed, the damage done by the virus broadened, and the toxicity of modern-day politics came to the fore.
  — Akilah Johnson and Dan Keating, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022
• For 90 days, the shoes were exposed to soil, which was later tested for toxicity.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 13 Aug. 2024
• In August 2020, the FDA rejected the drug due to toxicity.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2024
• Which just added to the toxicity of the whole situation.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2021
• Back at the murder case, the real killer's revealed to be Chris' girlfriend, who was trying to burn down the amusement park to free Chris from the Kingdom's toxicity.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 May 2021
• One Tree Hill may have been one of the most successful series of the early 2000s, but in the past few years many of the show's stars and staff have revealed the toxicity that pervaded behind-the-scenes.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 3 June 2021
• But Cameron’s toxicity is never dampened, even in the end.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
• So much behind the scenes, so much toxicity, so much abuse, so much abuse of power, so much mental abuse, verbal abuse.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 14 May 2021
• Be sure not to exceed this upper limit, as the risk of adverse effects, like toxicity, is much greater above this amount.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 4 Feb. 2023
• Capsaicin can be lethal to rats and mice, and symptoms of acute oral toxicity can include a staggering gait, skin redness, and cyanosis — blue lips, nail beds, and skin due to low oxygen levels.
  — Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
• As for Europe’s own political toxicity, David isn’t feeling anywhere near as anxious as events in the U.S. have made him.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Jan 2025