How to Use ventilate in a Sentence

ventilate

verb

• She opened the windows to ventilate the room.
• The room was adequately ventilated.
• Crews also cut holes in the roof of the garage to help ventilate the space, Scott said.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
• The store's opening was delayed, and staffers tried to ventilate the store.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2021
• All four wheels house 9.4-inch disc brakes, and the fronts are ventilated.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2023
• Once the wigs are ventilated, or hand-tied, the hair is styled, then shipped out to the customer with a wig care booklet.
  — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2019
• The shaft was no longer ventilated, and gusts of hot vapor blew up from the tunnels.
  — Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
• Firefighters cut holes in the roof to ventilate the flames and smoke to stop the fire from spreading throughout the building.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2024
• Firefighters cut holes in the roof to ventilate the flames and smoke and stop the fire from spreading throughout the building.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2024
• There was no fire and the unit was ventilated by the Fire Department.
  — Julie A. Short/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 5 May 2018
• The source of the leak was shut off and fire crews were ventilating the building as of Thursday afternoon.
  — Libby Solomon, baltimoresun.com, 6 June 2019
• The ladder crew's other job is to ventilate the building.
  — Sean Flynn, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2017
• Krzysztof said up to three-hour breaks are needed between the explosions to safely ventilate the air in the cave.
  — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2019
• Firefighters doused the blaze, which was contained to one room, then ventilated the large amount of smoke in the building.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• Still, heated and ventilated front seats are standard on all but the base trim.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
• Seats were wide, firm, and supportive, heated front and rear, and ventilated in the front.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Nov. 2019
• Window units are placed within a window frame and help ventilate and cool your home.
  — Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2022
• The best advice is to address the source of indoor air pollution and ventilate your home.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 17 Dec. 2018
• Choose a spot where your guests won’t have to encounter it; all the better, says Haden, if the location is well ventilated.
  — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
• Although Faust was able to ventilate the patient as planned, he was alarmed by the warnings of new shortages at a time acute cases of the virus were surging.
  — Dian Zhang, USA TODAY, 10 June 2020
• This huge push to ventilate more than one person on a single machine?
  — Scientific American, 22 May 2020
• These features stop air pollutants at the source and properly seal and ventilate the home, said the spokesperson.
  — Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2021
• In Loudoun, the main Trumpists’ tactic was to ventilate their grievances at school board meetings.
  — Max B. Sawicky, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
• The Roman physician Galen observed that a hollow reed passed between the vocal cords, which sit above the trachea, could be used to ventilate the lungs of a dog.
  — Clayton Dalton, The New Yorker, 27 May 2020
• The device pulls blood out of the body to oxygenate and ventilate it, functioning like pulmonary bypass at the bedside.
  — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Thermosyphons are narrow tubes that passively pull heat from the ground and ventilate it up into the air—keeping the heat away from the permafrost.
  — Melody Schreiber, WIRED, 14 May 2018
• Firefighters cut through the roof and ceiling to ventilate the dwelling, Hernandez said.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2021
• Firefighters pulled several water hoses into the dwelling to douse the flames and cut holes into the roof to ventilate the building.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021
• The public was advised to avoid the area while the hazmat response team and firefighters continue to work and ventilate the building through the evening, Plainville fire said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• Cleansed areas should remain well-ventilated to ensure the virus does not linger.
  — Ramona Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024