laughing gas
Example Sentences
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During the removal process, she wore a face mask connected to a rolling cart of the laughing gas and oxygen tanks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
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 ● May 27, 2025
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
There is no air in the City but there is breath, and every morning it races through him like laughing gas brightening his eyes, his talk, and his expectations.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
