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Recent Examples of sulfurous
The skunk ape, alias swamp ape, apparently smells like bad eggs and goat dung, an odor attributed to its poor bathing habits and penchant for sulfurous alligator caves.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Scientists think sulfurous compounds such as sulfur dioxide might have played a key role on early Earth that eventually paved the way for life to form.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
The New York chef Victoria Blamey, who grew up in Chile, hated cabbage and its sulfurous smell.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Spoiled egg salad will smell sour or have a sulfurous odor like rotten eggs.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2024
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Scientists think sulfurous compounds such as sulfur dioxide might have played a key role on early Earth that eventually paved the way for life to form.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
The New York chef Victoria Blamey, who grew up in Chile, hated cabbage and its sulfurous smell.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Spoiled egg salad will smell sour or have a sulfurous odor like rotten eggs.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sulfurous
Adjective
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With a wink and a knowing smile, Hermes (Sarah Taylor) guides the audience through a realm of stark contrasts, from the ominous storms of the world above to the infernal heat of Hadestown.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Another flash shot: Uncle Fred standing behind her in his infernal boots, mummified in white menstrual products—and Shula wakes up.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Boston's hellish housing market could soon get even trickier to navigate.—
Steph Solis,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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During the hellish month preceding his murder, the boy was also denied his prescription medications, jurors heard at the trial.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
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That’s because the Greeks distinguished between Olympian gods, who lived on Mt. Olympus, and chthonic gods, who lived in the underworld.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
20 Jan. 2025
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But Lloyd is less interested in the specifics of either work than in the chthonic rage underneath.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Sulfurous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sulfurous. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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