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

"Engine tests have shown varying degrees of emissions of laughing gas, which is a very potent greenhouse gas with more than 200 times the global warming impact than carbon dioxide."

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

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