leak - use in sentences

Object

  • memo: Details of the schemes emerged in a leaked memo last night, causing anger among MPs.
  • gutter: Check for leaks - a leaking gutter is a common cause of rotting frames in a wooden greenhouse.
  • pipe: A leaking pipe inside your property is usually fairly noticeable.
  • roof: They have repaired leaking roofs, brought toilets inside.
  • aneurysm: DANGER POINTS IN THE OPERATION All patients with leaking aneurysms are actively dying.

Converse of object

  • fix: Paul from Foxton Boats came to fix the oil leak, which turned out to be a fuel leak.
  • plug: When plugging leaks, the ultimate aim is to stop the leak permanently.
  • spring: The Red Vic is the only place where I've heard the phrase " Quick, The Aquarium restroom's sprung a leak!
  • detect: The major question is why the pilots did not detect the fuel leak earlier than they did.

Preposition: into

  • bloodstream: All leaked into the bloodstream surrounding the tooth " .

Adjective modifier

  • anastomotic: All anastomotic leaks were minor and were managed non-operatively with nutritional support.
  • suspected: Two factory workers have died after apparantly being overcome by fumes in a suspected chemical leak in an engineering factory.

Modifies a noun

  • detection: A description of different methods of leak detection is provided.
  • detector: Using the Garbage Collector as Leak Detector The garbage collector may be used as a leak detector.

Noun used with modifier

  • helium: In brief, because the helium leaks out, they shrink, and become heavier than the volume of air they displace.
  • gas: What to do in the event of a gas leak.
  • memory: Otherwise, there'll be memory leaks whenever an image load fails.
  • oil: An oil leak at the back of the diff.
  • radiation: And how many were killed in the radiation leak?

Preposition: like

  • sieve: The information once in the hands of the US will leak like a sieve.

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