smelling salts
Example Sentences
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It's the stuff of smelling salts and stretchers.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
George Kittle, the 49ers All-Pro tight end, jumped on an NFL Network broadcast to proclaim that smelling salts were crucial to his performance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
The NFL came to his rescue, saying smelling salts — also known as ammonia inhalants, or AIs — were not banned.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
During half-time of the first British and Irish Lions' Test against Australia last month, Lions flanker Tadhg Beirne was shown inhaling smelling salts as the rest of the team huddled up.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025
He took a tentative sniff, as if it might be noxious smelling salts.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
