| The smell of stagnant, rotting waters hung so thickly that the air was nearly unbreathable. |
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| Even lower, the air was toxic and unbreathable from industrial waste and severe radiation. |
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| The gaping hole in the ship meant that much of the air was completely unbreathable so both men wore their helmets set to recycled air. |
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| Fear, however, is an entirely normal reaction, especially when smoke is thick, truncheons are swinging and the air unbreathable. |
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| He says the problem got so bad that it began affecting his asthma, to the point where the air in his apartment became unbreathable. |
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| Newly painted walls, new carpets and new books create an atmosphere that's close to unbreathable. |
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| The air becomes unbreathable, and in one second they appear from every direction. |
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| Apart from the unbreathable air that such coal burning would create, carbon emissions from fossil-fuel burning in China alone would rival those of the entire world today. |
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| The computer lab in which I work, housing 10 computers in a small, box-like room, becomes like a sauna, with 30-plus degree temperatures and an unbreathable air supply. |
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| In the time she was out, the air had become dense and almost unbreathable. |
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| Does it make sense to, say, work overtime to save local green space when national policies create air so unbreathable it's unsafe to be outside on summer days? |
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| There are ten or twenty people in his cell, the air is unbreathable, and he can only breathe normally when he's in the room for visitors. |
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| At closing time, the theater is already packed and the atmosphere is unbreathable. |
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| Principle n°1, le air must always circulate, otherwise, it is never renewed and becomes unbreathable, because full of impurities. |
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| That's what the Chinese and French governments do when the air in their cities is unbreathable and their people are choking. |
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| At times, the heavy air was almost unbreathable and the smog was so thick that the CN Tower was only partially visible from a distance. |
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| Hardly seven, and the morning sun slanting through the twiggy trees had filled the clearing at Malabo with unbreathable humidity, like an invisible smothering presence. |
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| This lends a taut and unbreathable air to the contest. |
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| Today, dust and smoke envelop overcrowded roads and garbage-filled alleys where cars and motorcycles have replaced the old rickshaws and bicycles, often making the air unbreathable. |
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| The atmosphere on Venus is an unbreathable mixture of carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid, amongst other things. |
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| At the summit of the hill dominating the site, an air shaft was built, as coal mines always have an unbreathable atmosphere due to the dust and various gases. |
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| Meanwhile, China was getting nearly eighty per cent of its electricity from coal, which was rendering the air in much of the country unbreathable and hastening climate changes that could undermine China's future stability. |
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