Sentence examples for air close from inspiring English sources

Equally, some authorities monitored the air close to school playgrounds, but others measured air quality hundreds of metres away.

A brief visit down the dark steps to the underground prison revealed rows of small, barred cells, the air close with smoke from a recent American airstrike.

He was forced out from his role at Surf Air close to a year ago and replaced by the more experienced former CEO of Frontier Airlines Jeff Potter.

Polar animals are either covered in winter coats of fur – which traps warm air close to the body – or else large quantities of fat, sometimes inches thick.

Scientists in Antarctic stations, for instance, dress in layers upon layers, which traps warm air close to the body like fur does.

From the air, close to 400 villas fan out into the ocean in the shape of a giant palm tree, much like the Palm in Dubai -- a grandiose development that has been plagued with problems from its inception.

The very air closes behind you like water".

The compressed air closes the check valve to the air chamber, and the whole cycle is repeated.

Frictional drag means the air closest to the surface of the fuselage moves more slowly than the rest.

This rapidly flowing stream of high-altitude air separates the cold dry arctic air from warmer moist air closer to the equator.

(Isherwood) ★ 'A Slow Air' (closes on Sunday) David Harrower's quietly moving two-character play has the invisible precision you associate with first-rate short stories.