Sentence examples for before air conditioning from inspiring English sources

I also believed that he — unlike most of the others onstage — truly felt the heat of a stuffy summer courtroom in the days before air conditioning.

In those pioneering days before air conditioning, Mr Pancholia recalls, you had to buy murky well water for a rupee per tin, and filter it with cheesecloth.

Oh maybe it isn't what it used to be, in the days before air conditioning and television, but tens of thousands of stoop people are out there, doing what they have always done on ninety degree days and nights.

Layne was born in Louisiana, but he has roots in the desert: His dad grew up outside Phoenix in a time before air conditioning was common, and Layne spent his middle school years there as well.

Before air conditioning, people used their verandas extensively as they 'created opportunities for casual observations and social exchange and people would eat, play and sleep outside' (37).

Thin cotton dresses are perfect for performing in a smoky, hot New Orleans club in the days before air conditioning.

Before air-conditioning, commerce was confined to the cooler morning hours.

Before air-conditioning, people sat outside on porches and visited with neighbors taking the evening air.

An Aug. 14 letter comparing stoop life before air-conditioning and now points up an ironic side effect of our prosperity: before air-conditioning, we knew our neighbors and had a sense of community.

In the almost inconceivable days before air-conditioning, department stores closed when the temperature went above 90.

In those days, before air-conditioning, these buildings often had large porches for access to cooling breezes.