German term: used air from mine workings which is transported away.
1 He heard the clatter of chairs and smelt the well-known foul air .
2 The place reeked with the smell of foul air and tobacco smoke.
3 The vile gas, the foul air , the late hours-whatcan you expect?
4 She filled her lungs but was not satisfied with the foul air .
5 Poor food, foul air , broken sleep-badhealth, disease, unsightly faces, repulsive bodies!
6 The mines were freed of foul air and fresh air was driven in.
7 The foul air of the dingy cell nauseated him who loved the open.
8 I waited a while, till the foul air should clear from the passage.
9 We then have the choice between foul air within and pure air without.
10 The foul air became saturated with a sickening stench of iodoform.
11 The inmates are starved by scanty lung food, and stupefied by foul air .
12 It is, however, apt to be injured both by foul air and exposure.
13 Hurry; we'll all stifle if we don't get out of this foul air .
14 They were almost choked to death themselves, with the foul air of the mine.
15 The car was crowded and filled with tobacco smoke, apple peel, and foul air .
16 Could she live in the foul air that poured forth from that dismal mouth?
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