Vented
[ventid]
Definition
(adj.) supplied with a vent or vents for intake of air or discharge of gases .
Checker: Sinclair--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Vent
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Examples
- She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As they disappeared, the girl sunk down nearly at her full length upon one of the stone stairs, and vented the anguish of her heart in bitter tears. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- At other times the unsettled condition persists, and his spleen is vented not only on the original instigator but upon others who may have occasion to see him, sometimes hours afterward. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He went downstairs, where, by the way, he vented the most horrid curses upon the unoffending footman, his subordinate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Not content with the language of prose, Mr. Winsor vented his thoughts and feelings in numerous poetical effusions. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He menaced rebellion in the name of his counthry, vented bitter hatred against English rule; they spoke of rags, beggary, and pestilence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The reddleman vented a low humorous laugh when he saw his adversary return with these. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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