airless

Example Sentences

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Psychologically, they counter the angst triggered by cramped, airless, maze-like commuter warrens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"It's not just Hawkins that feels cut off from the world. It's Stranger Things itself, a show now sealed in an airless, impenetrable bubble of stagnant characters and snarled lore."

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

It’s one sort of problem to litter the narrative with flat characters and airless performances; the cast must be suffocating from how little life they breathe into their roles.

From Salon • May 24, 2025

The losses accumulate and can be a decisive factor for a planet evolving into a habitable world or an airless rock.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024

I felt her presence in the dark, hushed, airless room.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez