How to Use mercury in a Sentence

mercury

noun
  • In the summer, the mercury can reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • As the mercury dives in the U.K., Christmas songs warm the chart.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Even the best friendships can be chilled when the mercury drops.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Ambush The city was in the grip of a weeklong heat wave, and the mercury that day had reached 101.
    — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2024
  • The mercury, which had been dwelling in the 50-degree range, worked its way up a bit and reached 60.
    — Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Hermione went up like the mercury in the thermometer. . . .
    — Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Those two, along with mercury, are the only three for which use is the largest source of loss.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 May 2022
  • Add it to your list of party drinks to serve when the mercury rises.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In Washington, the mercury rose to 61 degrees, 13 above the norm for the day.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2020
  • The mercury had hit the low 90s, a record for late October.
    — Alejandro Puyana, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Under the light, pieces shone like black ice and mercury.
    — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • And these mercury glass eggs would be perfect on the spa's front counter.
    — Hannah Jones, Country Living, 9 May 2022
  • But in the past year, there have been only three days in which the mercury fell further.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Space out fish meals to allow your body to get rid of some mercury.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
  • For years, the coffee calendar was fixed: iced in the warmer months, hot once the mercury dropped.
    — New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Over the first two games in Phoenix, the mercury rarely dropped below 110 degrees.
    — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2021
  • The mercury hit 47 degrees Fahrenheit in the area on Wednesday.
    — Todd Richmond, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The mercury will hit the mid-90s Monday through Wednesday, with no rain on the horizon.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 22 May 2021
  • The mercury will be prone to both springlike spikes and bone-chilling plunges.
    — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
  • What’s Next: El Niño could soon start to raise the mercury globally.
    — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • The seas, once resplendent with horn corals and sponge reefs, are now sour and laden with mercury.
    — Peter Brannen, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The preferred tool in the process is mercury, which collects and purifies traces found in the soil.
    — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The last week in September was cool, and the light was like mercury on the sandstone buildings.
    — Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Weldon was one of the sponsors of a bill that would have banned mercury from vaccines.
    — Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024
  • On the eve of October, the mercury rose to 76 degrees, one above the Sept. 30 average.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • There’s an area of the moon that looks like a bowl of mercury droplets, and this volcanic froth may be just 100 million years old.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 Feb. 2021
  • If the sun stays out most of the day Saturday the mercury may hit 90F over much of Minnesota.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 20 May 2021
  • At Dulles, the mercury fell only a single degree short of 100.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Too much tuna is also not good for your feline, because of the risk of mercury poisoning.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Mark Geier, who theorized that autism resulted from an interaction between mercury and testosterone, was stripped of his medical license by Maryland regulators in 2012.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2025

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