noxious substance

Example Sentences

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"It has since been established that this was not a gas leak and we believe some kind of noxious substance was released," said the police.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023

The United States didn’t follow until 1821, when the Connecticut legislature banned giving a noxious substance to a woman “quick with child.”

From Washington Post • May 15, 2022

A flurry of arrests followed, in March for discharge of a noxious substance — most likely feces, his sister said — and April for trespass.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2021

He had just cut into a one-ton tank to recycle it in the yard – a football field away – and out poured a noxious substance.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2011

This noxious substance likewise occurred in small amount in swamp muck from E. Hoyt, Esq.,

From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)