Sentence examples for passages open from inspiring English sources

The devices work like a reverse vacuum cleaner, pumping air through a hose and mask to keep breathing passages open during sleep.

From the foot of the stairs, the view of the house is almost vertiginous; walls lean toward one another, passages open and close; and Carol Byrne's own color schemes create a kind of dialogue of opposites as well.

Until recently on the extreme edge of the inhabited world, it now faces the prospect of becoming a major global hub as the northeast and northwest passages open up to shipping and its vast oil and mineral resources become practical to exploit.

In a comprehensive review of what is known about the sneeze, published in June 2009 in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, sneezing is described as a protective reflex that is not completely understood but that expels irritants and keeps nasal passages open in conditions like nasal congestion.

They have a cloaca into which the urinary and genital passages open, but not a swim bladder.

As the sea ice in the Arctic Circle melts and water passages open up, this vast untouched land stirs El Dorado-like visions, and international prospectors are circling like hawks.

Vivaldi's bold juxtapositions of the refrains (ritornelli) and the solo passages opened new possibilities for virtuosic display by solo instrumentalists.

"Talea" — a Latin word for cutting and a term in medieval music that refers to a reiterated rhythmic pattern — is dominated by vibrant outbursts and explosive piano passages, opening and punctuated throughout with startling volleys of notes.

Passages opened in this way frequently reclose over time, but the chances of this occurring can be reduced significantly by the insertion of expandable wire-mesh stents as part of the angioplasty procedure.

In a way, this is a re-imagination of commenting systems, where instead of a slew of comments showing up below a post, points can be made about particular passages, opening up a new avenue of discussion.

However, the MicroTitre Immuno Spore Trap or MTIST also works by impaction of air directed through a series of trumpet-like passages opening into each well of a microtitre plate.