NOXIOUS in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of NOXIOUS
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noxious
 a.  harmful to living things; injurious to health
Classic Sentence:
1  But intriguing people have to invent a noxious, dangerous party.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 21
2  Evil company on earth is so noxious that the plants, as if by instinct, withdraw from the company of whatsoever is deadly or hurtful to them.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  The insurgents become noxious, infected with the plague.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
Example Sentence:
1  We must trace the source of these noxious gases.
2  We must trace the source of these noxious.
3  We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.