Sentence examples for passage open from inspiring English sources

(Straight-cut stems will rest flat on the bottom of the vase, preventing water from moving up to the flowers; a diagonal cut keeps the passage open).

There had been no political passage open to the Patriotic Front – as there would have been if the IRA ended its campaign.

Measuring 15 miles long and 5 miles wide (24 km long and 8 km wide), with 108 miles (174 km) of shoreline and an area of 45 square miles (117 square km), it was formed by sandbars closing off three small branching estuaries of the Hunter River (leaving one narrow passage open to the Pacific that is the site of the small resort and industrial town of Swansea).

Police and soldiers deploy in the streets to keep passage open for ambulances and firefighter trucks.

Keep this passage open for a few days to one week before sealing up the hole.

In August 2015, the southern passage opened for several weeks, while the northern passage remained clogged.

"There's always been a big question to when the Drake Passage opened," Dr. Kennett said.

He introduced me to the threat of a northeast passage opening up to commercial shipping, not just the northwest passage.

As he swam, a wide, airy passage opened up ahead, with a large pool in the distance.

The passage opens a surprisingly intimate essay about the role of guns in Australian life, setting the tone for a collection being billed as Winton's most personal yet.

For example, a recent study of mitochondrial DNA in northern and southern populations of bison separated by the corridor suggest the passage opened up slightly earlier than the present study posits 13,000 years ago instead of 12,600 years ago.