10 sentences with 'gas'
Example sentences and phrases with the word gas and other words derived from it.
• « To study the effects of the accumulation of a gas, the expert simply specifies the quantity of greenhouse gases present in the ice and compares the results with a computer simulation of the current climate, including the chemical composition of the atmosphere. »
• « In 1915, in a vain attempt to break the stalemate, both sides began using poison gas, which was utterly horrific, burning the lungs, eyes and skin of the combatants. The survivors of the poison gas attacks were considered the unfortunate ones. »
• « Based on the experiments with gas vans and temporary gas chambers at Auschwitz, the SS leaders concluded that stationary killing centres would be the most efficient and (for the killers) psychologically viable form of mass murder. Thus, in early 1942, the Nazis embarked on the most notorious project of the Holocaust: the creation of extermination camps. »
• « Instead, about 80% of the new arrivals at Auschwitz were immediately sent to their deaths in the gas chambers, while the other 20% were temporarily enslaved. »
• « Of the approximately 200,000 Jews who were spared immediate murder upon arrival at Auschwitz, the vast majority were worked to death or murdered in the gas chambers after becoming too weak to work. »
• « With every tank of gas he dispensed, Mr. Simpson would give, at no extra charge, some advice on the seasons of life. »
• « By April 1st of the following year, I was already looking forward to those three months of hellish summer heat. That's what I told Mr. Simpson at his gas station as I filled up my car. »
• « As Mr. Simpson walked away to attend to another customer, a younger gas station attendant, who had been two steps away from us, smilingly remarked to me: "You just got a free Simpson tip ... on the purchase of a full tank of petrol". »
• « The German press even spoke of gas chambers 'for large animals' that a German company had built specifically for Saddam Hussein's programme in Iraq. »