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

As a result, scientists generally expect these distant objects to be airless.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

If this vapid, airless, mindless time-waster had subversive designs of being a satire about the first lady of the United States, there’s not much it would have changed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

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

Inside, the windows are boarded over with wood veneer, and an airless, pearly light seeps through the knotholes.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr