How to Use open-air in a Sentence

open-air

1 of 2 adjective

• The open-air warehouse is hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
  — Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
• There is the thought that Gazans would breach the fence and break out of their open-air prison—that is one thing.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• All around the main square, open-air stages had been erected.
  — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• That said, huge fans are set up at the front and back of the open-air market, so there is some air flow.
  — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• The best part is the makeshift open-air dining room will be set up and taken down for you.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 July 2023
• Each of the posh digs looks out to lush greenery and features open-air hot spring baths.
  — Christina Liao, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
• The building sits in the heart of UNLV and is two floors tall with an open-air center.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
• Expect the song to be a highlight of her open-air concert here.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2023
• The films will be screened at the open-air Stardust Cinema.
  — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 21 June 2023
• For the last two decades, millions of Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to live in an open-air prison.
  — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Where cafes and shops now thrive, there were empty storefronts and open-air drug markets in the 1990s.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• An open-air floor plan connects the main living room to a massive chef’s kitchen.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
• The entrance leads to an expansive, open-air great room.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2023
• And at least one case has been linked to homeless encampments and the open-air drug markets.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 June 2023
• Heading upstairs to the main deck, a spacious open-air lounge leads to the main salon and dining area.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
• The overall space features a half-dozen roll-up garage-style doors on two sides of the building for open-air dining.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
• Where to Eat and Drink There are lots of restaurants in Provenza with open-air eateries under the lush green canopy of trees that line the streets.
  — Adam Groffman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2023
• The aft deck is also equipped with a large lounge and an alfresco dining area for open-air soirees.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
• The event kicked off with a parade to the palace followed by an open-air public 90-minute performance.
  — Peter Mikelbank, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
• And, on the design front, the open-air structure and slanted pink roofs look a lot like Airbnb's real-life Dreamhouse...
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 19 July 2023
• The spacious stern, which spans just over 800 square feet, slopes down toward the swim platform to create an open-air beach club.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 June 2023
• Eateries lure customers for long, open-air lunches followed by a walk around the block.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2023
• These open-air options can also attract more pests and emit odors.
  — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2024
• Killers of the Flower Moon Rated R for gun and bomb violence, and an open-air postmortem.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• Some visitors ride bikes around, and the bars and restaurants are often open-air and lit by candles.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• The site will soon debut as an open-air museum, which will open to visitors in a few weeks.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
• The lesson was relocated from the rooftop to a more spacious, open-air recreation space along the bay, known as the Cinta Costera.
  — Kiersten Marie Brown, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2023
• This open-air marketplace, along the Cayuga inlet, has been a staple of this town since 1973.
  — Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
• This gorgeous stone structure shed its tin roof and doors to become an open-air patio.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2024
• And if the view from your in-room oasis isn’t enough, there’s also an open-air onsen at the spa that can be booked for private sessions.
  — Christina Liao, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023

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open air

2 of 2 noun

• And Pearl made sure to spend plenty of time in the open air.
  — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 30 May 2022
• No telling what the elements will be with the open air in Philly.
  — Ben Walker, ajc, 24 Oct. 2022
• The natatio, an open air bath, was the size of an Olympic swimming pool.
  — Livia Borghese, CNN, 26 June 2022
• The new-build event space will have garage doors that allow for open air flow.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2024
• Bar stools along the open air deck's edge maximize the view, but the show doesn't stop with the sunset.
  — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 12 Nov. 2021
• The second-floor open air deck has a cantilevered rooftop.
  — Dallas News, 22 Nov. 2020
• Many wait in the open air with coughs and sore throats to get tested for the coronavirus.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2022
• But as the pandemic wears on, patios are more than a spot to sip drinks in the open air.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 16 Oct. 2020
• Four days later, Mennen’s casket sat in the open air on the prairie.
  — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
• In the middle of it all is an open air acupuncturist shop.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• But before that, the military set fire to all manner of waste in the open air.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 30 July 2022
• Wooden watch bands should be wiped down with a damp cloth and placed in open air to dry quickly.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2023
• The spa is open air, cantilevered over the rainforest with a fresh breeze and the sound of the trickling spring below.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 16 Mar. 2021
• Part of me wanted to walk outside, and take several deep breaths in the open air.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2021
• Out behind the admissions office check-in desk is a swimming pool, the first of five in the open air.
  — Ron Lieber, Town & Country, 23 Feb. 2021
• Much like the Indigenous cooks who had cooked over fires and in pits, rancheros and vaqueros cooked in the open air.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2021
• The important thing was working together in the open air on the trails.
  — New York Times, 18 July 2022
• The pain and confusion is all there; the place of peace, quiet and open air still in need of evocation.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2022
• Arch seats guests in the open air, under a railway arch, where Mr. Parry cooks over live fire.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2021
• Coquina is soft and easy to cut in the ground but hardens after being exposed to the open air.
  — Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 9 July 2021
• The crematorium wasn’t functioning that day, and their job was to set fire to the corpses in the open air.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022
• Classrooms, offices and the cafeteria now sit in open air with piles of bricks all around.
  — Michael Tobin, Fox News, 9 June 2022
• Having open air underneath the bridge means the cold air surrounds the bridge both above and below.
  — oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2022
• Some opted to stay outside in the open air because of the smell inside, the Afghan American said.
  — Karoun Demirjian, Dan Lamothe and John Hudson, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2021
• This outdoor, open air event will feature artists from many forms of media.
  — Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2022
• In open air and walking down the street, catching a ferry, riding the metro, shopping in the grocery store: All were masked . . .
  — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
• Whitman was adamant that exercises be done in the open air.
  — Greg Presto, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022
• In the middle of the open air market grows an Indian banyan tree that’s roughly 160 years old and the height of two telephone poles.
  — Melody Bentz, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2021
• No screens on the windows, no doors to the rooms — only curtains and mosquito netting and open air.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
• The staging area for Sankofa's open air produce market in the Lower Ninth Ward.
  — Victor Luckerson, Wired, 5 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024