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anaerobic

living or active in the absence of free oxygen

In a sentence

Six example sentences with anaerobic, each labelled with its topic.

  • A flat-out four-hundred-meter sprint is anaerobic, which is why your legs burn long before your lungs catch up.

    Fitness

  • Deep in the mud, anaerobic microbes break down leaves without ever meeting the gas that keeps us alive.

    Science

  • Sauerkraut ferments under brine because the process is anaerobic, and lifting the weight lets mould take hold instead.

    Cooking

  • Wetland mud is anaerobic below the first few centimetres, which is why it releases methane instead of plain carbon dioxide.

    Environment

  • The farm's digester keeps the slurry anaerobic, and the microbes inside turn manure into enough gas to heat the barns.

    Technology

  • Tetanus bacteria are anaerobic, thriving in a deep puncture where oxygen from the air cannot reach.

    Medicine

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