Examples of “nitrogen” in a Sentence

noun The chemical element with symbol N, a colorless, odorless gas that makes up most of Earth's atmosphere.

• Farmers often add fertilizer rich in nitrogen to help their crops grow.
• By molar fraction, nitric oxide contains equal parts nitrogen and oxygen.
• All life depends on nitrogen; it is the building block from which nature assembles amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids; the genetic information that orders and perpetuates life is written in nitrogen ink. — Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006)
• Nitrogen makes up about 78% of the air we breathe.
• Plants need nitrogen from the soil to grow properly.