Example sentences for: powder

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

  • Powder grenades can be thrown from a distance and send up a mist of powder.

  • In September 1687 Venetian forces threatened Athens and one of their mortars hit the Parthenon, igniting the powder inside.

  • Cells on glass coverslips were rinsed with PBS(+), fixed and/or extracted by one of the procedures listed in Table 1. Methanol-free formaldehyde solution can be obtained from commercial sources, but it has to be used within a week and is more expensive than PFA powder [ 61].

  • That, as we all know, is a forlorn hope (to abuse a Dutch cliché): those who “know” that when two or more people or things are the subject of a verb you have to use were , not was , regardless of the context, are like those who “know” (like the people at Elizabeth Arden) that millennium is spelled with one n, who “know” that it is Parmagiana , not Parmigiana (like the people at Burger King), and who have no doubt that baking soda, baking powder, washing soda, and ice-cream soda are all the same thing.

  • RNA was isolated from 50 mg of the joint powder with 1 ml Trizol reagent according to the manufacturer's instructions (Gibco BRL, Grand Island, NY, USA).


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