How to Use soot in a Sentence

soot

noun

• That soot would block out much of the Sun for up to a decade.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• Many of the artist’s works were made with soot and spit.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• At the Evens’ home, soot began to cover the walls of the house.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Decades of soot caked the stone fireplace in the living room.
  — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
• The concrete floor was covered in soot and the footprints of boots.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• Her paws were black with soot, which stood out against her white fur.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
• Daniels’ small dog — covered in soot — was in the bathroom.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
• Instead, grab a dry brush and scrub as much of the soot out of the affected area.
  — Noma Nazish, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Dust, dirt, ash, and soot can build up over time due to constant use.
  — House Beautiful, 7 Apr. 2023
• Brown skin could be cloaked in soot and stereotype or in learned airs.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
• Use a grill brush to dislodge the soot, then suck it up with the vacuum.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2022
• Half of Earth’s cloud cover forms around stuff like sand, salt, soot, smoke, and dust.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• One, trim the wick(s) to ¼-inch, and two, discard the trimmings (and any globs of soot) before lighting.
  — Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2022
• And when ash and soot fall into, or become runoff in streams and lakes, fish can choke.
  — Holly Secon, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2022
• Parts of the school remain in ruins, walls covered in soot.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
• The wax is made from French botanicals to ensure a clean and soot-free burn for up to 55 hours.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
• Fresh out of the mine and covered in coal soot, McGuire took his family to the scrimmage.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2022
• My grapefruit tree has what appears to be black soot on the branches and leaves.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
• Coming home from the park in the mid-1960s, Hazel Henderson would draw a bath to wash the soot off her young daughter.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
• Monday’s flames left black soot damage to the brick siding of the home, police said.
  — oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2022
• Be sure to leave the first layer of seasoning on the grill, but get rid of any excess soot and ash.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022
• Slimak says that over time, a thin limestone crust covered the soot.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2022
• There was no smoke, soot or carbon monoxide in her body.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
• The exterior is smudged, the wheels brown, the components smeared with years of soot.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Fires also send up plumes of soot that screen sunlight and add to warming.
  — Emma Bryce, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2023
• Ancient scribes pulled off writing and drawing with a stick and some soot.
  — Kenny Wassus, WSJ, 21 May 2022
• Right now, teams are back on the summit doing dome-to-dome checks of the health of each telescope, and clearing away ash and soot.
  — Wired, 18 Aug. 2022
• At the time, carbon was thought to exist in just three forms: soot or coal, graphite and diamond.
  — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022
• In protest of game laws, the Blacks killed deer in Hampshire and Windsor Forest, their faces blacked with soot as a disguise.
  — Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022
• Outside, a woman in a full-length coat, its soft blue blackened with soot, cooks over an open fire.
  — Nadia Parfan, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024