How to Use anoxic in a Sentence

anoxic

adjective
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  • Some of the best evidence is found in the layers of black shale — which form under anoxic conditions — that date to the time.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2021
  • Climate change has already caused mass tree die-offs through droughts, and anoxic ocean dead zones are spreading.
    — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Others suffered anoxic brain injuries, which occur when the brain is cut off from oxygen.
    — Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, 5 July 2018
  • Assumed to be a Greek trading vessel, the ship was so well preserved because it was buried deep in the Black Sea in anoxic (oxygen-deprived) water.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2018
  • The embalmer called 911, and different paramedics took her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with an anoxic brain injury.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • Heche was declared brain dead Friday after suffering an anoxic brain injury in the crash.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Despite attempts to resuscitate him, the man suffered an anoxic brain injury -- a complete lack of oxygen to the brain -- and was declared brain dead.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Scientists have long debated the cause of the anoxic and cooling conditions.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
  • But for the ancient, anoxic Earth, the modeling shows something different.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2018
  • But although Webb cannot easily see oxygen, its infrared eyes could excel at glimpsing signs of anoxic life.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2018
  • But although Webb cannot easily see oxygen, its infrared eyes might excel at glimpsing signs of anoxic life.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2018
  • During the dormant season, anoxic water does not damage trees.
    — Bryan Hendricks, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The volume of anoxic waters, which are completely deprived of oxygen, has quadrupled.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury, which is complete oxygen deprivation to the brain.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The cause of death was was listed as anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction and the manner of death was ruled accidental.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • The cause of death was listed as anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction and the manner of death was ruled accidental.
    — CBS News, 25 July 2022
  • She was then declared brain-dead on August 12 after suffering a severe anoxic brain injury.
    — Vulture, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The actress was hospitalized in critical condition, suffering burns and a severe anoxic brain injury from the crash.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Elliot Senseman, 27, died from an anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction, meaning that the snake completely cut off oxygen to his brain, the coroner said.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 25 July 2022
  • Ninety percent of the Black Sea is anoxic, saturated by hydrogen sulfide.
    — WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Senseman's cause of death is anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction, according to the statement, which says that his death is being ruled an accident.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022
  • Some patients who suffer an anoxic brain injury -- in which the brain is deprived of oxygen -- require care to restore normal blood pressure and heartbeat, and to ensure a continuous supply of oxygen to the brain, Glatter said.
    — Joe Sterling, CNN, 16 June 2017
  • Doctors at Baylor Medical Center diagnosed her with anoxic brain damage and an acute embolism.
    — Amanda Watts, CNN, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The ship’s structure and materials have remained exceptionally well preserved because of the anoxic sediments and cool, low-salinity water of the Baltic Sea.
    — Stella MacHeridis, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Scripps Mercy doctors have diagnosed Hunter with anoxic brain injury encephalopathy.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Heche was initially hospitalized in critical condition, having suffered burns and a severe anoxic brain injury from the crash.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
  • By feeding up above and metabolizing down below, the animals scrub and help ventilate the ocean, raising oxygen concentrations at the surface while driving anoxic regions to greater depths.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Methane-producing microbes love thawing permafrost because conditions are wet and oxygen-poor, or anoxic.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • The water had dissolved oxygen in it, which would be relevant to the conditions that might take place at the Yucca Mountain repository in the United States; other nations are planning repositories that would have anoxic conditions.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 12 Aug. 2022

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