airflow

Example Sentences

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It looks like a hotel, except the airflow in each room is designed to be negative pressure, which can help prevent contaminated air from leaving the room.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The trouble with this was that the abductor muscles are the ones that open the trachea, allowing airflow to the lungs.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

The Universal Waste Management System, as the device is officially called, uses airflow to get rid of waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

They then evaluated impulsivity by observing how well the flies could stop moving when exposed to strong airflow, which they naturally find unpleasant.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

I can't quite make a perfect seal, so there's airflow . . . getting colder now . . . getting pretty uncomfortable .

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir