Sentence examples for block moisture from inspiring English sources

When they open up, they can let moisture go through, and when these shutters are closed they block moisture.

Some of the coatings contain synthetic rubber binders to help block moisture, but many (especially the powdered ones) contain considerable portland cement, with other binders, pigments and solvents.

The Cascades, which block moisture flowing inland from the Pacific Ocean, demarcate the wet, green and left-leaning population centers in the west and the dry, brown, lightly populated and conservative eastern half of Oregon.

In the middle latitudes, where most tornadoes of the world occur, the Rocky Mountains block moisture and buckle the atmospheric flow, forcing drier air at mid-levels of the troposphere due to downsloped winds, and causing the formation of a low pressure area downwind to the east of the mountains.

The western mountains block moisture from Pacific storms leaving typically arid to semi-arid landscapes in valleys and plateaus of the intermountain region.

The desiccant was removed from 3 forensiX tubes, and the membranes of 3 Sarstedt tubes were covered with Scotch tape to block moisture diffusion out of the tubes.

This trend reverses in the summer when strong heating of the land causes high pressure and tends to block moisture-rich air from the Pacific from reaching land.

Silicone, she added, "is the worst enemy to curly hair in terms of blocking moisture".

Even the microphone hole is covered in protective gauze that allows sound through but also blocks moisture.

In North America, this is attributed to the rise of the Rocky Mountains, which blocked moisture from the Pacific.

By contrast, the West Coast mountains of California, Oregon and Washington are struggling to accumulate even 50% of normal snowpack thanks to the ridiculously resilient ridge (or Triple R) of high pressure that is blocking moisture from reaching the region.