Examples of compressed air in a Sentence
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Except, in this case, the bottle is a layer of porous rocks deep within the sea bed, and the energy comes from compressed air.
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Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
The researchers unveiled the details behind the plan, dubbed porous media compressed air energy storage (PM-CAES), in a Nature Energy paper this week.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
Huffing compressed air can cause a brief high with dangerous side effects including paralysis, according to the American Addiction Centers.
—Peter Sblendorio New York Daily News (tns), al, 8 Nov. 2022
The air guns then fire compressed air that creates sound pulses that reverberate off the sea floor and provide subsurface images.
—Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
That compressed air inside the pump and shoved water into a tube.
—John Fialka, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2021
Prosecutors argue Streater breathed from a compressed air canister to get high, then drove recklessly and caused the violent crash.
—Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com, 27 June 2021
Try Blow-Off, which is a compressed air duster for keyboards.
—USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
An alternative method for fixing dents in plastic car body parts uses heat and compressed air from a can.
—Jeff Harper, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2021
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Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
The researchers unveiled the details behind the plan, dubbed porous media compressed air energy storage (PM-CAES), in a Nature Energy paper this week.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
Huffing compressed air can cause a brief high with dangerous side effects including paralysis, according to the American Addiction Centers.
—Peter Sblendorio New York Daily News (tns), al, 8 Nov. 2022
The air guns then fire compressed air that creates sound pulses that reverberate off the sea floor and provide subsurface images.
—Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
That compressed air inside the pump and shoved water into a tube.
—John Fialka, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2021
Prosecutors argue Streater breathed from a compressed air canister to get high, then drove recklessly and caused the violent crash.
—Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com, 27 June 2021
Try Blow-Off, which is a compressed air duster for keyboards.
—USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
An alternative method for fixing dents in plastic car body parts uses heat and compressed air from a can.
—Jeff Harper, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2021
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1669, in the meaning defined above
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Kids Definition
compressed air
noun
com·pressed air
kəm-ˌprest-
: air under pressure greater than that of the atmosphere
Medical Definition
compressed air
noun
com·pressed air
kəm-ˌprest-ˈa(ə)r, käm-, -ˈe(ə)r 
: air under pressure greater than that of the atmosphere
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