Sentence examples for like a valve from inspiring English sources

"Humor in times of crisis is like a valve; it allows people to decompress," he said.

As she talked, it was like a valve opening – she told me about her sickly mum, her absent dad, her brother who could be violent sometimes.

William and Kenneth Dart, of the Dart Container Corporation, created one of the first of a new breed of coffee-cup lids, filing a patent in 1981 for a plastic disc with a press-down tab that acted like a valve.

"Every week it's like a valve of pressure releases".

The latter proposal supports the biofunctional compartment model presented here, with the tongue acting temporarily like a valve mechanism between SPS and IOS.

"Looks like you need a valve cap," said Mr. Forrester, who then asked for a screwdriver or a pair of pliers.

Teams will compete on a set of separate tasks like driving, closing a valve, crossing a rubble field and climbing a staircase.

Rebecca has a stomach valve, "like a beach ball," her mom, Lisa, said, and every waking hour she takes five ounces of fluid through it.

It is larger like a Schrader valve, but employs the same mechanism as a Presta valve.

And out of the deep vent of a long olive coat blew a lining of ombré chiffon, like steam escaping from a valve.

Call him no more a demon but a valve like that of the hydraulic ram, suppose".