air well

noun

1. a ventilating shaft in a building.

Example Sentences

The moonlight playing across the sky had caught something white and faintly luminous that floated on air well above the tree tops.

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Jane having rested, Brandon offered to teach her the new dance, saying he could whistle an air well enough to give her the step.

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A smell of wicked bodies, foul clothes, drink, and bad language made the air well-nigh solid.

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When these clothes are taken off at night, they should be so spread out, that they will air well before morning.

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Dr. Flower's small office was dark; its light came only through a single window from a narrow air-well.

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