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Recent Examples of sulfurous
Even for people like me who enjoy transforming leftovers into rocket fuel for their garden, composting can turn into a foul, stinking, sulfurous mess.
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Michael J. Coren, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
The water’s sulfurous smell prevents anyone from actually chugging the stuff.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
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.
—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
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Michael J. Coren, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
The water’s sulfurous smell prevents anyone from actually chugging the stuff.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sulfurous
Adjective
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Roughly once a week, Nick Cave blogs about music, religion, grief, and the infernal state of world affairs through the medium of fan correspondence in his Red Hand Files newsletter.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
29 July 2025
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In Hereditary, Toni Collette’s Annie really is being manipulated by an infernal scheme cooked up by her late mother.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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The screams layered together, rising and echoing in a hellish chorus.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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That’s music to the ears of Gen Z, working moms, and anyone with a hellish commute.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
23 July 2025
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As for the chthonic powers who might intrude upon us, the worst must be the Titans, primeval offspring of Gaia and Uranus, Earth and Sky.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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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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“Sulfurous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sulfurous. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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