Get to know Petrichor better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning.
Petrichor in a sentence
Petrichor meaning
- The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell.
- The yellow organic oil that yields this scent.
Using Petrichor
- The main meaning on this page is: The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell. | The yellow organic oil that yields this scent.
Context around Petrichor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Petrichor
- In this selection, "petrichor" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, word, wines, termed, seemed and photos stand out and add context to how "petrichor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include certain wines petrichor seemed the and flat and petrichor photos have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "petrichor" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with petrichor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrɪkɔːr/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. (13 words)
Word of the evening: petrichor - the unique smell of rain falling on scorched earth, after a long spell of hot weather. (21 words)
The pleasant, slightly earthy, “after-rain” smell is termed “petrichor”, from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (the fluid that flows in the veins of the Greek gods). (28 words)
And since our word, petrichor, has a meaning that can directly relate to certain wines, petrichor seemed the best chance I had to add to the published and edited texts mentioning the word, and thus, pushing it over the edge into Merriam-Webster. (43 words)
Interestingly, both the “Big River Flat” and “Petrichor” photos have an exaggerated horizontal format; although they do not include any depiction of the horizon, it's still evoked simply through the shapes of the pictures themselves — a neat trick. (39 words)
The pleasant, slightly earthy, “after-rain” smell is termed “petrichor”, from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (the fluid that flows in the veins of the Greek gods). (28 words)
Example sentences (5)
And since our word, petrichor, has a meaning that can directly relate to certain wines, petrichor seemed the best chance I had to add to the published and edited texts mentioning the word, and thus, pushing it over the edge into Merriam-Webster.
Interestingly, both the “Big River Flat” and “Petrichor” photos have an exaggerated horizontal format; although they do not include any depiction of the horizon, it's still evoked simply through the shapes of the pictures themselves — a neat trick.
Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrɪkɔːr/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.
The pleasant, slightly earthy, “after-rain” smell is termed “petrichor”, from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (the fluid that flows in the veins of the Greek gods).
Word of the evening: petrichor - the unique smell of rain falling on scorched earth, after a long spell of hot weather.