laughing gas
Example Sentences
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Select locations will offer laughing gas as a pain reliever for insertion and removal of IUDs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Eutrophication and acidification are some of the environmental problems that can be traced to the use of ammonia -- as well as emissions of laughing gas, which is a very potent greenhouse gas.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024
It’s a little like “Mad Max” on laughing gas.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023
He will say the new measures, including "hotspot" policing and a ban on nitrous oxide or laughing gas, underscores his zero-tolerance approach to anti-social behaviour which will see offenders receiving swift and visible punishments.
From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2023
The aroma was like laughing gas in the dentist’s chair—it made everything else go away.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
