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Six example sentences with noxious, each labelled with its topic.
Runoff from the old smelter left noxious deposits in the creek, and the town banned fishing for a decade.
Environment
Burning oil past its smoke point fills the kitchen with noxious fumes that will sting your eyes for hours.
Cooking
Certain pond algae release a noxious compound, and biologists warn dog owners away from green water in late summer.
Science
The city code bans noxious trades such as tanning from residential streets, a rule dating from when the smell reached parliament.
Law
In the experiment rats quickly learned to avoid the lever paired with a noxious blast of air across the face.
Psychology
Victorian reformers blamed the noxious smoke of coal fires for the coughing children in every crowded tenement.
History
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