sulphureous
Britishadjective
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another word for sulphurous
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of the yellow colour of sulphur
Other Word Forms
- sulphureously adverb
- sulphureousness noun
Example Sentences
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As in “Study for Yellow Sky,” a vigorously brushed evocation of bright blue buildings against a sulphureous background, done in 1986, she could pack a colossal amount of energy into a confined space.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024
But I soon found out that Askern is a watering-place, a kind of a second-class Harrogate, and these people with the locks of snow had come to bathe and drink the waters; they are sulphureous.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
The island shook from its very centre; and in many parts the ground opened, and emitted columns of noxious sulphureous water.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
I was much surprized at the quantity of condensed sulphureous vapour that yellowed the roof of the building.
From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.
The heads of the horses alone would be seen through the sulphureous smoke, while in reality the flashes and smoke proceeded from the cannon.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
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