air shaft
Example Sentences
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Godot died at age 3 on Dec. 23, 1966, not long after a fall down an air shaft on the roof of Paulekas’ home/studio during a photo shoot with the Los Angeles Free Press.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2022
Atlanta’s fire department has posted a dramatic video showing the rescue of a man who fell around 15 to 20 feet down an air shaft.
From Fox News • Dec. 22, 2021
The little 1963 shelf-and-tube piece reappears in larger, more elaborate versions, its horizontal air shaft intact.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020
My apartment had a bedroom too small to fit a desk or even a dresser, and its single window faced an air shaft the color of dryer lint.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 16, 2019
I ducked into the nearest air shaft and made my way home along the alleyways.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
