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Recent Examples of sulfurous
As a boy growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, an oil refinery town of sulfurous air, Rauschenberg often wore clothes his mother had patched together from assorted fabric scraps.
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
The sulfurous scent of hell wafted on the sea breeze.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Reaction fronts were enriched with iron, phosphorous, and sulfurous compounds.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
Concerts have taken place in a pineapple greenhouse, a tea factory, and even a geothermal bath, where 800 attendees soaked in sulfurous yellow water while listening to the ethereal electro-pop of Basque singer-songwriter Verde Prato.
—Philip Sherburne, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
The sulfurous scent of hell wafted on the sea breeze.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Reaction fronts were enriched with iron, phosphorous, and sulfurous compounds.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
Concerts have taken place in a pineapple greenhouse, a tea factory, and even a geothermal bath, where 800 attendees soaked in sulfurous yellow water while listening to the ethereal electro-pop of Basque singer-songwriter Verde Prato.
—Philip Sherburne, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sulfurous
Adjective
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Linda Cardellini offers up a killer breakdown to the roaring chorus of the lawn guy’s infernal leaf blower.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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La Fontaine’s fable runs to 44 lines; after the infernal prologue, the remaining 40 sketch the fortunes of Hell’s two daughters.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Without it, the film would be even more hellish.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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But that doesn’t make watching Her Private Hell any less hellish.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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Aeacus, a judge of the dead, and Thanatos, winged daemon of death, are chthonic.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 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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“Sulfurous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sulfurous. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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