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68 example sentences for VENT, such as:

1. The little girl gave vent to loud shrieks.
2. Children give vent to their anger in various ways.
3. The angry teacher will vent his wrath on his class.
4. He gives vent to desperate cries from out of the depths.
5. Most office buildings have dozens of air ducts and vents.

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 Meanings and Examples of VENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
vent
 v.  express, especially forcefully; release or discharge through an opening; rise to surface of water to breathe
Classic Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
1  He gives vent to desperate cries from out of the depths.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS
2  From time to time she gave vent to a deep sigh as though she were on the point of waking, and she strained the doll almost convulsively in her arms.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
3  Any other child than she would have given vent to loud shrieks long before.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS
4  The little girl gave vent to loud shrieks.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING
5  The Thenardier woman had entrenched herself in one of the angles of the window, and it was she who had just given vent to this roar.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XXI—ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICT...
6  The goodman had not uttered a word, nor given vent to a cry.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
7  Matelote had mounted to the first floor once more, Grantaire seized her round her waist, and gave vent to long bursts of laughter at the window.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER III—NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE
8  Then he heard his soul, which had become terrible once more, give vent to a dull roar in the gloom.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER
9  Then it comes to pass that they have caves and chambers when looked at from the vent hole.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED
10  In the meantime, they remedy this defect as best they may; they manage to discover where the holes are located in the vent of a cannon, by means of a searcher.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED
11  The chief seized the lint-stock himself and lowered it to the vent.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII—THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM...
12  Gillenormand spoke slightingly of the Convention, apropos of a newspaper which had fallen into his hands, and gave vent to a Royalist harangue on Danton, Saint-Juste and Robespierre.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY F...
13  At that word which Jean Valjean had just uttered once more, all that was swelling Marius' heart found vent.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY
14  Naturally, Pork and Dilcey and Mammy gave vent to loud guffaws at hearing the detractor of their beloved Tara set at naught.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
15  She had Gerald's sudden temper to which she gave vent in screaming tantrums that were forgotten as soon as her wishes were gratified.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
Example Sentence:
1  A small volume of air can be felt when the chin vent is open.
2  The angry teacher will vent his wrath on his class.
3  Standing over the air vent, Marilyn Monroe tried vainly to control her billowing skirts.
4  Children give vent to their anger in various ways.
5  If you have a gas fire in a room, you should have some kind of outside vent.
6  Most office buildings have dozens of air ducts and vents.