atmosphere
Example Sentences
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Truman described the atmosphere in the car as manic and said Pitt was trying to smash a phone, with others trying to change clothes and shoes being thrown out of a window.
From BBC
I look around the small candlelit pub, breathing in the kindred atmosphere.
From Literature
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“We haven’t had a game here in over a year. There’s no way we were gonna lose. It was a great atmosphere and we beat ’em by 50, so that’s pretty good.”
From Los Angeles Times
Despite these low oxygen levels, conditions were not extreme enough to trigger the release of nitrogen from seawater into the atmosphere, a process that occurs in the Arabian Sea today.
From Science Daily
The Thaad, which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile system that can be used as backup against missiles both outside and inside the atmosphere.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.