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| | # Lacking or being without [[air]]. | | # Lacking or being without [[air]]. |
| | # Lacking air circulation. | | # Lacking air circulation. |
| | + | #*{{quote-book|year=1918|author={{w|W. B. Maxwell}}|chapter=7 |
| | + | |title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1097634W The Mirror and the Lamp] |
| | + | |passage=[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered '''airless''' by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}} |
| | # With air that is [[stale]]. | | # With air that is [[stale]]. |
| | # {{context|medical|lang=en}} Suffering from [[asphyxia]]. | | # {{context|medical|lang=en}} Suffering from [[asphyxia]]. |
| − | # {{context|figurative|lang=en}} [[stifling]]; [[dead]]; lacking vitality or excitement | + | # {{context|figurative|lang=en}} [[stifling|Stifling]]; [[dead]]; lacking vitality or excitement. |
| | #* {{quote-news|date=November 8 2012|author=Scott Tobias|title=''Memento'''s puzzle structure hides big twists and bigger profundities |newspaper=The AV Club|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/mementos-puzzle-structure-obscures-its-humor-and-i,88452/}} | | #* {{quote-news|date=November 8 2012|author=Scott Tobias|title=''Memento'''s puzzle structure hides big twists and bigger profundities |newspaper=The AV Club|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/mementos-puzzle-structure-obscures-its-humor-and-i,88452/}} |
| | #*: The worst that can—and has—been said about Memento is that it's an '''airless''' gimmick, visually undistinguished, and not even all that sophisticated when the puzzle pieces are finally put together. | | #*: The worst that can—and has—been said about Memento is that it's an '''airless''' gimmick, visually undistinguished, and not even all that sophisticated when the puzzle pieces are finally put together. |
