How to Use air pocket in a Sentence

air pocket

noun
  • Tap the pan once on the counter to settle any air pockets.
    Lisa Yockelson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2018
  • Tap the pan once hard on the counter to settle any air pockets. 7.
    Lisa Yockelson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
  • He had been trapped for hours in an air pocket between a couch and the wall of his home, Maj.
    Aaron Boxerman, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2023
  • To do so, the case uses tiny air pockets in the corners, where most phones are made to drop.
    Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Tamp the soil and wet it to help eliminate air pockets.
    Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Use your hands or the handle end of the shovel to gently tamp down the soil and force air pockets out.
    Leslie Crawford, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Rescue divers found the boys were on a ledge in an air pocket about 2.5 miles into the cave, about a half-mile down.
    USA TODAY, 3 July 2018
  • The basics are clear: The S&P is still hovering over a big air pocket.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 June 2022
  • Slide the plant into the new pot, and add soil to fill the pot, pressing down to eliminate air pockets.
    Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • At one point, by chance, Smith lifted his head where there was an air pocket.
    CBS News, 22 June 2018
  • Push an arm up as the slide slows, and create an air pocket around your face by clearing snow.
    Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Backfill the soil, tamp it down well to remove air pockets, and water it well.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 21 July 2023
  • To plant a seedling, simply dig a hole about twice as wide as the root ball, backfill the soil, and tamp down to remove air pockets.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Then place your tree in the hole, backfill soil, tamp down to remove air pockets and water well.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 1 May 2023
  • Kaminsky had surgery to repair an air pocket in his chest.
    Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Our air pocket thesis is based on the belief that active managers have moved out of the space.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Filling those air pockets with ice gets rid of that problem.
    Meredith Fore, WIRED, 3 July 2019
  • So far, though, the man appears to be doing well, despite the cranial air pocket.
    Amy B Wang, miamiherald, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Set the colander in a bowl of water and discard any beans that float to the top (these might have air pockets where dirt or mold exists).
    The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 23 Mar. 2020
  • The Swiss cheese-like holes in CMF create air pockets that slowed heat transmission.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Wrap the dough tightly, seam-side up, in plastic wrap, smoothing out any air pockets.
    CBS News, 28 Sep. 2019
  • The arrows in the above picture from the British Medical Journal point out air pockets that shouldn't be there.
    Jamie Ballard, Good Housekeeping, 17 Jan. 2018
  • To replant, enlarge the hole, trim the roots, stand the tree back up and fill the hole with the original soil, tamping it down to remove air pockets.
    miamiherald, 27 Aug. 2015
  • Press sausage roll to remove air pockets and pinch together seams and ends.
    Tim Engle, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The sugar grinding up against the butter like that, those are little air pockets.
    New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Finding a small, final air pocket, the sailor took a last breath — and lost consciousness.
    Jasmine Khayami and Elizabeth Strassner, USA TODAY, 25 June 2018
  • Wrap the dough tightly in plastic wrap, smoothing out any air pockets.
    Erin Booke, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2020
  • To prevent fewer air pockets, the brand recommends gathering the dip in the center of the bowl.
    Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • While skiers trapped in avalanches can cup their hands to form an air pocket because snow is light, that’s not the case when sand collapses.
    Stephen P. Leatherman, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
  • While skiers trapped in avalanches can cup their hands to form an air pocket because snow is light, but that’s not the case when sand collapses.
    Stephen P. Leatherman, The Conversation, 9 July 2024

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