unventilated

Example Sentences

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Unless you’re constantly burning hundreds of candles in an unventilated space, however, he adds candle emissions are unlikely to cause health effects in humans.

From National Geographic • Sep. 27, 2023

Devarakonda hypothesizes that the higher rates for never-smoker lung cancer in females in Asia could be related to their indoor workspaces — in unventilated kitchens while burning gas or firewood.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023

As a neuroscientist living in an old, unventilated apartment with a 4-year-old, I can’t help but wonder: How does cooking my kid a quesadilla affect his brain?

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2022

Japanese experts quickly realized the virus was airborne and that the best way to reduce its spread was to keep people from gathering in small, unventilated spaces or having close contact with others.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2022

In Detroit, eight hundred suspects had been held in an unventilated corridor of a US Post Office building, where they had no beds or blankets and only one toilet for the entire group.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler