bromide

In a sentence

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

• Victorian doctors handed out bromide for almost any complaint, and patients took it for years without much benefit.

  History

• Silver bromide crystals darken the moment light strikes them, which is why the compound sat at the heart of film.

  Science

• Darkroom paper coated with bromide gives colder blacks, so portrait printers reach for it when they want severity.

  Photography

• Veterinarians still prescribe potassium bromide for dogs with seizures, a century after doctors stopped giving it to people.

  Medicine

• Bromide in the river reacts with ozone at the treatment plant, so operators test the water before every disinfection run.

  Environment

• In Christie's first mystery the victim's nightly bromide powder turns out to be the clue that unlocks the whole case.

  Literature

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