rarefied

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The air above them rarefies and ascends, a comparative vacuum of great extent is formed, and a great change begins now to take place in the atmospheric phenomena.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

A constantly ascending current is then established; and whenever cold air attempts to descend, the heat of the flue rarefies and drives it upwards.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 by Various

Poetry is that fine particle within us, that expands, rarefies, refines, raises our whole being: without it “man’s life is poor as beast’s.”

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

As Chapman sings, "The false society of men— —for earthly greatness All heavenly comforts rarefies to air."

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David

“Yes, the extreme heat of the sun between the tropics rarefies the air as the earth turns round, and the trade-winds are produced by the rushing in of the less heated air.”

From Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific" by Marryat, Frederick