How to Use open-air in a Sentence

open-air

1 of 2 adjective
  • All around the main square, open-air stages had been erected.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The free open-air event has raised more than $3 million to date.
    — Holly Alvarado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The bar is designed with an open-air format.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The open-air venues will not be so forgiving.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • The railroad has both indoor and open-air cars.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
  • The site’s open-air showers will be rinse-only.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Here, guests can dance between three rooms and an open-air courtyard.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2026
  • Much could have gone wrong with an open-air, miles-long boat procession.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • Sometimes, even an open-air flea market or can’t-beat view as well.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Even with its breezy, open-air construction, the space feels like a refuge.
    — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
  • An open-air bridge leads to a studio space that can serve as an office or a gym.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The school houses two small aircraft in a large open-air space that was once a gym.
    — Tcrain, al, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The best part is the makeshift open-air dining room will be set up and taken down for you.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 July 2023
  • Expect the song to be a highlight of her open-air concert here.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2023
  • The open-air warehouse is hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
    — Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The yacht also features open-air lounges on the upper deck and bow.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2026
  • My massage is set in an open-air pavilion, just above the water.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There’s food here too—at the indoor oyster bar or at the open-air grill and yacht club.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Each village has daily open-air markets in the warmer months.
    — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
  • On the in-between levels are open-air views of historic launch pads.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
  • Starting up top, the sun deck sports a large whirlpool flanked by sun pads, a bar, and an open-air lounge.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 June 2023
  • Partly, open-air shopping centers are the place to be.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • That said, huge fans are set up at the front and back of the open-air market, so there is some air flow.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The amphitheater is the city's first open-air concert venue.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 6 June 2026
  • An open-air floor plan connects the main living room to a massive chef’s kitchen.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
  • There is the thought that Gazans would breach the fence and break out of their open-air prison—that is one thing.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Central Park is an open-air spot to enjoy some drinks or dinner.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There is a food and beverage car as well as open-air seating options.
    — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Its open-air layout of trailers was supposed to be more humane.
    — Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Catch, a glam beach club with an open-air restaurant and poolside cabanas, is a two-minute walk away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026

open air

2 of 2 noun
  • And then there’s the freedom of open air.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
  • All around there was the pleasant rotten smell of dead fish in open air.
    — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • The result are hangar-like boarding areas that are open air but also fully protected from both sun and rain.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • HaLani is a casual open air spot serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner right by the pools.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
  • In contrast, the Stanford material can sit out in open air for days without any damage.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2016
  • When sound travels through open air, higher frequencies get absorbed by the atmosphere faster than lower ones.
    — Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The men play soccer and women and girls shop at an open air market outside the gates on Sunday mornings before the guards arrive.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
  • It is designed for easygoing travelers and families—and anyone who likes open air, hot cheese, and mountain views.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The structure features a 3,200-square-foot open air enclosure for the butterflies to roam.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Outside is an open air patio, where family and friends gather for long dinners next to a kitchen plastered with family pictures.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Outdoor cooking should always stay outdoors in fully open air, allowing plenty of room for gases to escape.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
  • One of my favorite activities in Berlin is simply wandering around a local open air market.
    — Vanessa Wachtmeister, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Taara Beam must steer its laser link across kilometers of open air so that the Beam device can receive it on the other end of the line.
    — Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Leave the planning to the hotel, which will put on an open air pre-eclipse lunch, a cosmic garden party, and eclipse viewing by boat on Lake Austin.
    — Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Outfit With Plantings Whether your porch is covered or open air, something blooming will always bring a touch of life to the space.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • However, Taara’s systems beam gigabits across kilometers over open air.
    — Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
  • In March, the team did a large-scale dry run of the dispersal at an open air testing facility on a naval base in New Jersey.
    — ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
  • At its center is a large, multi-purpose, open air central plaza that transforms from a relaxed seating area to an amphitheater or community space.
    — Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The placement of every single raw product on ice in the seafood department’s open air cases is highly important and intentional.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The initial lead didn’t make it to the end of the period, as a rising shot by Martin Necas found open air over Gustavsson’s shoulder.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The fleeting scene, captured by a motion‑sensitive camera, showed a young Sumatran orangutan pause at the forest’s edge, grip a rope with deliberate care and step out into open air.
    — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The fleeting scene, captured by a motion‑sensitive camera, showed a young Sumatran orangutan pause at the forest's edge, grip a rope with deliberate care and step out into open air.
    — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Yet, in an act of defiance, Iran's president and other senior officials were seen on the streets taking part in open air rallies earlier this week.
    — CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The site, a flashpoint for debate in last year’s mayoral election, drew as many as 40 loiterers at a time, open air drug sales and frequent vandalism before its parking lot was fenced off.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
  • By confining the gases, internal pressure is increased far beyond what would occur if the material burned in open air, resulting in an explosion.
    — Divya Dubey, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Powered by sources like light or electricity, the metal- and plastic-free material physically shape-shifts from a fluid into an energy-dense gel to store power, then resets to a liquid simply by exposure to open air.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
  • According to the organization’s shutdown contingency plan, park roads, lookouts, trails and open air memorials will remain accessible to visitors.
    — Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Rosen said the Family Mob ran an open air drug market along Lake Street and Park Avenue South, distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine and crack cocaine.
    — Aki Nace, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • And the dream is a riverfront filled with mangroves, a waterfront open air classroom for the students to use during the school week and the public to use on weekends and summers, plus a floating boardwalk ringing the whole thing for the community to experience nature.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • As light can selectively target the fluid, scientists were able to print microscopic conductive patterns that completely vanish once exposed to open air, which reverts the gel back into non-conductive liquid clusters.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026

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