compartment

Example Sentences

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"We suggest that increasing your dietary vitamin C intake will result in effective vitamin C uptake into all compartments of the skin," Professor Vissers says.

From Science Daily

I stood as far back as I could in the snug compartment and grimaced my way through it.

From Los Angeles Times

For food, families often gorge themselves on special "Party Barrels" bursting with chicken, an array of side dishes and a dessert -- such as ice cream or cheesecake -- stored at the bottom in a separate compartment.

From Barron's

"As safety measures have improved, a certain amount of weight had to be added on to vehicles to strengthen up safety compartments because they weren't that strong back then."

From BBC

The crash should have flooded just two of the boat's six watertight compartments, but a missing door meant that three were compromised, dooming the vessel.

From Barron's