air hole

Example Sentences

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Then I cracked open one eye and found a tiny air hole at the top of my hat.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2015

The old cap had a rubber seal that, because it tended to swell up and cover the cap's air hole, could have caused the gas tank to collapse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its oxygen became so depleted that by the time their rescuers managed to bore a fresh air hole for them, they had begun to vomit.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was the air hole for a muskrat den.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

These consist of two large open-mouthed jars, united with bitumen after the body has been deposited in them, with the usual accompaniments of dishes, vases and ornaments, having an air hole bored at one extremity.

From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Le Plongeon, Augustus