| After a cold dinner of egg sandwiches by candlelight we turned in early to our stuffy, airless rooms at 9.30 pm, exhausted. |
| The further the tube goes underground the more airless and muggy it becomes and I am grateful for papers to read. |
| In the wards, children are crowded two and three in a bed in airless rooms, foetid with the smell of kerosene heaters. |
| We sat down, noting with interest the cold drafts blowing hard through an airless smoke-filled room. |
| By contrast the house was stuffy and airless and I repaired to my garden chair, Dolly and Harry following on behind. |
| In real life, my family and I were shuffled off to a cramped, airless, plasticky holding area and offered cheap pastries and instant coffee. |
