Example sentences for: polluting

How can you use “polluting” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The owner of a polluting steel mill weighs all its benefits (that is, his profits) against only a portion of its costs (he counts his expenses, but not the neighbors' health).

  • The latter would then have to cut back emissions or buy discharge rights from someone polluting below allowed level.

  • For instance, to avoid polluting the elements, Parsis do not bury or cremate their dead, but lay them exposed and naked on their famous Towers of Silence for the vultures to devour.

  • Stealing and polluting clearly impose costs on strangers.

  • Economic theory tells us that when everyone is polluting a communal stream, everyone can benefit from enforced moderation.


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