laughing gas

Example Sentences

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“So I wear that when I work with my patients, when they look horrified or complain, I quietly cut back on the laughing gas.”

From Los Angeles Times

Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as "laughing gas" – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a whipping agent for canned whipped cream.

From BBC

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

It’s a little like “Mad Max” on laughing gas.

From New York Times

"It was one of the doctors who said, 'do you use laughing gas?' And I said 'constantly'," she recalled.

From BBC