Example Sentences

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Standing on the windswept central square of Slavutych, he said that his first, "nuclear" war was against an invisible, odourless poison.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Neil Basu, who led the counter-terrorism investigation, said the "true horror" of the "colourless and odourless" poison was not knowing how to warn people or what to look for.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2024

These poo bags contain chemicals and powders that solidify human excrement and make it largely odourless.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2024

The Explain study uses xenon, an odourless, colourless, tasteless and chemically non-reactive gas, to investigate possible lung damage in the patients who have not been admitted to hospital, but continue to experience the symptom.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2022

When sulphur is heated, the yellow odourless solid, seizing upon oxygen in the air, combines with it to produce a colourless strongly smelling gas.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)