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How to use irritant in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective, noun

Irritant means causing irritation or inflammation. Example: “He pulled out a bottle of irritant liquid that he had prepared beforehand and sprayed it into their eyes.”

Examples of irritant by meaning

adjectiveCausing irritation or inflammation.

  • He pulled out a bottle of irritant liquid that he had prepared beforehand and sprayed it into their eyes.2026 March 11, Massimo Introvigne, “When Stigmatization Turns Violent: Two CGM Members Assaulted with a Hammer in Taiwan”, in Bitter Winter

More sentences with irritant

  • She does not regard her ear-worms as anything other than an incidental irritant in her life.2012, Nick Coleman, chapter 22, in The Train in the Night: A Story of Music and Loss, Berkeley, Calif.: Counterpoint, published 2013…. From the entry earworm
  • It can be an irritant even for humans and is certainly toxic to tiny animals like stentor.2004, Helen Saul, Phobias: Fighting the Fear, page 42. From the entry stentor
  • Amongst his haul, Davis found a number of toxic and irritant ingredients.1997, Jane Goldman, The X-Files Book of the Unexplained - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 189. From the entry ichthyotoxicology
  • Honeysuckle fruits contain valerianic acid and xylostein, which are irritant.2008, Alexander Campbell, Michael Chapman, Handbook of Poisoning in Dogs and Cats. From the entry xylostein
  • There is a fine balance between asking too many questions and becoming an irritant, asking too few and knowing insufficient.1987, Michael C. Jackson, Paul Keys, editor, New Directions in Management Science, Gower Publishing, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry practice makes progress
  • The "American ipecac" (E. ipecacuanha), sometimes used as a substitute for the true Brazilian article, is an eye irritant.1919, “Diseases of the Eye”, in Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, volume 1919, page 103. From the entry cypress spurge
  • Unless you are a hermit or a jerk yourself, you must know that jerkism is one of society's major irritants, and it has been increasing.2014, Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997. From the entry jerkism
  • We are swollen up like an overfed slug, our breath stinks, the tiniest irritant is magnified ten thousand times, and we cry at the drop of a hat.2014, Becky Rutledge, Miss Becky's Charm School, Citadel Press, →ISBN. From the entry at the drop of a hat
  • Our experiments indicate that this constituent is anthelmintic and also a gastrointestinal irritant, while the lighter portion of the oil is apparently even more anthelmintic and much less irritating.1919, Experiment Station Record, volume 39, page 586. From the entry anthelmintic

Meaning of irritant

  1. adjective Causing irritation or inflammation.
  2. adjective Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
  3. noun Any medication designed to cause irritation.

Full definition of irritant

Questions about irritant in a sentence

How do you use irritant in a sentence?
Irritant is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “He pulled out a bottle of irritant liquid that he had prepared beforehand and sprayed it into their eyes.”
What is a short sentence with irritant?
“Honeysuckle fruits contain valerianic acid and xylostein, which are irritant.”
What does irritant mean?
Irritant means causing irritation or inflammation.

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