gas builds up

Examples (10)

• If the ventilation fails, toxic gas builds up inside the storage room.
• Over several hours, flammable gas built up beneath the floorboards.
• Gas was building up behind the faulty valve before the alarm sounded.
• A slow leak can let gas build up in a confined space.
• Engineers fitted vents so that gas doesn't build up in the tank.
• Noxious gases had built up in the sewer.
• During the reaction, compressed gas rapidly built up in the chamber.
• Without regular maintenance, exhaust gas will build up around the generator.
• In winter, hot gas can build up near the warehouse ceiling.
• We evacuated because radioactive gas was building up in the lab.