leaky
Example Sentences
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That's partly because I have a French husband and we bought a very old, leaky house in northern France some years ago, which already had a heat pump installed.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
It’s like worrying about a leaky roof when the temperature is 95 degrees outside and the sun is blazing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
In June 2024, the Enterprises and their partners filed a $600 million lawsuit, accusing Shvo of shoddy construction that left the club “dimly lit and aesthetically unappealing”— and burdened by leaky showers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
The publisher's lawyers have also suggested that the claimants' were surrounded by a "leaky" circle of friends that passed on information to the media.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
The navigator sits on a leaky barrel of yuck that was once full of food, but its stench testifies to the fact that the foodstuffs have decayed into something other.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.