"leak" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A steady dripping leak from the ceilingless roof had dug a little crater in the floor in one corner and each heavy drop exploded muddy in its center.
- I was fixing the sink in there, as it had a slow and steady leak that finally made Gallagher give me a whistle.
- He relied on the slow but steady leak and the crack in the table he sat at to conceal where the rest of it got to.
- In the long, slow fight against a steady leak to space, the two Russians on the space station had lost their fight.
- The steady leak of details to the news media has clearly frustrated Mr. Campbell, who is known for his smoothness on the stump and an occasionally wicked temperament.
- In these waters the shortcomings of Quest were soon in evidence: slow speed, heavy fuel consumption, a tendency to roll in heavy seas, and a steady leak.
- There is a steady leak of materials from the Visitation Zones into the hands of irresponsible persons and organizations.
- Since a steady leak of gas must be maintained for plasma generation, a small rotary vacuum pump is adequate.
- All the accounts have slow, steady leaks over the six years they've been opened.
- "She was tracking the logistics program, looking for where the steady leaks are."
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