air shaft
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of air shaft
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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Godot died at age 3 on Dec. 23, 1966, not long after a fall down an air shaft on the roof of Paulekas’ home/studio during a photo shoot with the Los Angeles Free Press.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Atlanta’s fire department has posted a dramatic video showing the rescue of a man who fell around 15 to 20 feet down an air shaft.
From Fox News ● Dec. 22, 2021
My apartment had a bedroom too small to fit a desk or even a dresser, and its single window faced an air shaft the color of dryer lint.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 16, 2019
A bony reptile lay across Mr. Ritter’s toolbox as he worked on a saxophone by the soft light that filtered in from the air shaft through sooty windows.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2018
Dr. Schultz might even figure out how we had gone and trap us in the air shaft.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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