ventilate

Example Sentences

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The system could eventually help ventilate greenhouses and other buildings without relying on fuel.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

After turning off the burners and opening windows to ventilate the apartment, the team contacted firefighters and stayed with the woman until they arrived.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

This can cause people to snore, or it can also completely obstruct the airway and cause people to not be able to ventilate well.

From Scientific American • Jun. 29, 2023

You want to validate their experiences, and you want them to ventilate about what they went through.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2023

After a couple of years, the Captain raised Dad to section foreman, taught him how to lead men and operate and ventilate a mine, and instilled in him a vision of the town.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam