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

Living in these wet, unhygienic and unventilated conditions led to illness, and cholera was rife.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022

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

The majority of the population followed each other in heeding guidance from scientific experts who encouraged people to wear masks and avoid situations where they would be in enclosed, unventilated areas with large crowds.

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