How to Use leak in a Sentence

leak

verb

• Fumes leaked through the crack in the pipe.
• Air leaked out of the tire.
• Someone leaked the story to the press.
• The cracked pipe leaked fumes into the room.
• Water was leaking through a hole in the roof.
• The boat was leaking water.
• But Take Note: If the rubber gets pulled around, the bottle may leak.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
• Cons When the machine is turned off, some of the connections can leak.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
• Cons The scrub leaked into the cap, which can end up wasting product.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• Clarke’s sadness, and his concern for his wife, all leaked into the record.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• The same month, a top aide for Walters warned in emails to staff that anyone caught leaking to the press would be fired.
  — Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
• Inevitably, the conversation leaked to the people on the list.
  — Charles Homans, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• But some officials felt his message was out of line, and the email soon leaked to the press, a bad look for top brass.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023
• The crime has now leaked out from the capital and started to rise in other cities and in the countryside.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
• There are a couple of reasons your hose reel may be leaking.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• The scan at 20 weeks confirmed the fetus's spinal cord hadn't closed so spinal fluid was leaking.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• A week later, leaked legal records disclosed that the Supreme Court had voted to strike down Roe v. Wade.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Many of the details had leaked before today’s launch, like the specs, the location of the event, and even a blurry image of the R2 itself.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024
• Then check for a wet spot, leaking pipe or broken sprinkler.
  — Kobi Bardugo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
• Advertisement The final hours The Apple deal was easy to mock once the number was leaked to the public.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Broken power lines and gas lines may be live or leaking.
  — Andrew J. Whelton, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2023
• The Navy hasn't had indications or reports that any fuel leaked from the plane, Lenox said.
  — CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
• And then to have to relive it like six months later again in front of everybody, it didn’t get leaked or anything.
  — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2024
• Notably, like the original, a big fight breaks out in the school when Regina leaks the Burn Book and its contents to her classmates.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• Each mister has a glass vessel, a plastic pump that doesn’t leak or rust, and a finger loop for easy spritzing.
  — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023
• Cons This bottle dented a bit when dropped, but the bottle continued to stand upright and did not leak.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• The connector apparently can leak water and short out the lights.
  — Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
• Because of the position of the handles and the design of the spout, this cup may be more prone to leaking, so young toddlers could get a bit messy while using it.
  — Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
• Her verses are often sprawling and hyper-specific, like leaked messages from a group chat of close friends.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
• There were about 4,700 cargo containers sitting on the ship and some of them carrying toxic material, which is at risk of leaking out.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024