How To Use Leak In A Sentence

When Modin scored from the right circle to make it 3-0, it looked bleak for the Devils, who rallied from one-goal deficits twice before winning Game 2 in overtime. USATODAY.com - Tampa Bay creeps closer to New Jersey with 4-3 win
Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
Clearly the megalosaurus in the opening passage of Bleak House is a flight of hyperbolic fancy (inspired, I would guess, by the papier-mâché dinosaurs constructed for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, a couple of years earlier).
Firefighters said a man had taken off a valve before realising gas was still leaking out. The Sun
These prose pieces ultimately acquire a kind of poetic intensity of effect in their bleak circumscription of the character's experience, although they avoid self-consciously "poetic" devices: Narrative Strategies

If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.
Without the greenhouse gases, the world would be a bleak, inhospitable place. The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium
During a secret speech in February 1956 (which was almost immediately leaked to the Western media) he condemned the policies of the hitherto much admired Stalin and accused him of hideous crimes.
And then a kind of bleakness about the present and then just a blank space about the future. Times, Sunday Times
The flat roofs that leak need to be replaced, as do the heating system and the windows.
Unless a member of the Vanguard or the Scarlet Scholars (both groups paying attention to what most consider obscure and nigh-useless knowledge), even most paranormal agents active today have only heard of the Bleak Baron Frederick or his granduncle Wolfgang and their works on fighting monsters. The Codex Continual » The Von Baurs
She seduces the despondent radical with whispers about the bleakness of mankind.
The hope was that the morphogen in the mixture would slowly leak out and specify new digits.
For bond investors it's a bleak picture. Times, Sunday Times
I finally understood the slowly growing heat rise in the lake — it was energy leakage from whatever that mascon really was, some very exotic bloc of matter, a giant quark, something. The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection
Scamp had an airtight alibi, naturally, but then again young Leakey never said who exactly had done it.
The attorney for one of the accused denounced what he calls cowardly and anonymous leakers at the Pentagon. CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2006
The bite valve has no shut-off mechanism, so it's more apt to leak if accidentally squeezed.
Transistors, which next year will contain features measuring 45 nanometres, or billionths of a metre, have become so small that they leak substantial amounts of electricity.
The problem was sparked by a burst water pipe on Monday which leaked into the gas mains.
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If the cooling system sprang a leak pilots had to land and mend the pipe with chewing gum and insulation tape.
European visitors to the site on the Wells Estate are often dismayed to find a landmark where undrinkable water leaks from crumbling walls.
Millions of young, often well educated people are unemployed and face a bleak future.
It could start with a leaky eavestrough that ices up somebody else's walkway. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Music leaked softly from the windows behind him, when he'd resumed his seat on the glider.
Flames melted a lead pipe and ignited leaking gas.
The company still hopes to find a buyer, but the future looks bleak .
As we reported in 2008, the old ballroom floor had been ruined by leaks and could not be saved. Times, Sunday Times
The roof leaks whenever it rains.
But it would be both inaccurate and unfair to paint too bleak a picture of education in England.
To make sure your system operates efficiently, examine it frequently, checking for leaks, clogs, or misdirected sprinklers or drip-emitters.
The cash-strapped councils need the money to plug leaks in school roofs, shore up unstable walls, install modern heating systems, repair cracked, draughty windows and remove temporary classrooms.
During both fires, which occurred simultaneously at 11pm on Friday, firemen faced a severe shortage of water, leaking hoses and dry hydrants.
They ridiculed leaked U.S. plans to install a proconsul in the Douglas MacArthur mold, strutting around with a cob pipe and dictating orders to a humiliated people.
In September 1971, Malek was put in charge of a White House effort to close down leaks to reporters of nonclassified material from the administration. Fred Malek: It's not the 'Jew-counting,' it's the deception
In theory, this could be a smart strategic move but it is likely to "domesticate" Julian Assange; running such an NGO would require too many boring meetings with potential funders many of whom have already been alienated by the organisation and a nine-to-five office routine - the exact opposite of the glamorous nomadic lifestyle that the founder of WikiLeaks has become famous for. The Guardian World News
The generosity of friends and supporters kept them going during the bleakest periods.
The leak forced a controlled descent of the giant balloon about 250 kilometres to the west of the launch site.
One hundred people were evacuated from a village near York today after a storage tank leaked, releasing an explosive cloud of propane gas.
With water all around me I had little choice but to sit under a leaky tarpaulin beside chain-smokers and crying children, only now and then getting a glimpse up into the vast forests I was entering.
Two firemen in new white asbestos suits had spent thirty minutes wearing looks of bleak disappointment. Bomber
The toilet leaks, leaving the bathroom floor awash in slimy water.
Highly sensitive party documents detailing the list of staggering demands have been leaked to us. The Sun
They have pecked so many holes in the cedarwood spire it is leaking. The Sun
Since she sits at a desk within eyeshot of Grayson, the CEO knows that she doesn't call anyone to leak information.
I look around, and the bleak landscape leads me to wonder what use a place like this would have for China, a country already vast in size, population and economy.
Ducts that leak heated air into unheated spaces can add hundreds of dollars a year to your heating and cooling bills.
The leakage current wastes power, draining the battery used by mobile devices.
The psychologist's room was bare and bleak with no windows.
The MP, who has previously obtained a super-injunction preventing the publication of private emails which had been leaked to the press, told a session of the joint Commons and Lords Committee on privacy and injunctions that such newspapers should be allowed to go to the wall. Zac Goldsmith criticised over concentration camp comparison
The shingles are no great problem; I've shaken hands on a deal to have the house and garage roof replaced in the autumn and if I get a major leak before then all I need do is make a call and they'll hop on over with a large blue tarpaulin.
A leaked document highlights how taxpayers' cash could be misused by terror groups or criminal gangs. The Sun
To stop a boat leaking you "chinch" the seams with oakum. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour
To discipline your character is to ensure a bright destiny. To pamper your character is to invite a bleak destiny. Dr T.P.Chia
It used to drink not leak a quart of oil every 750 miles. A 200 mile EV or a 13 mile PHEV? You choose.
Investigators are still studying the home's wreckage to find the cause of a gas leak which ignited when central heating was turned on. The Sun
This is from where, on the night of December 3, 1984, tons of poisonous gas leaked.
Leaked U. S. diplomatic cables show that the United States and Germany allegedly are developing together a spy satellite system despite strong opposition from countries such as France.
Later, it was revealed that a steam generator detected a lowered water level as the result of the leak.
His parents were told to watch for a runny nose - a sign of leaking spinal fluid from the brain. The Sun
The changes will be benefit for the study on the character mitochondrial proton leak thermogenesis of diaphragm and cardiac muscle in tree shrews during the cold expose.
Given this bleak fiscal climate, these unfunded and underfunded mandates are irresponsible.
Water pours into the top bucket at a steady rate and gives the system energy while water leaks out of each bucket at a steady rate and removes energy from the system.
The question is, who is liable for the cost of repairs if, for example, an undetected slow leak in a geyser causes a ceiling collapse and water damage to interior paint work, carpets and furniture?
What deals, games and other chicanery is going on in this leak investigation? Think Progress » Judith Miller discovered new notes
Unlike PVC gloves, neoprene and nitrile gloves showed leakage rates comparable to latex gloves.
The tip extension would be split into sections lined with clay but Yorkshire Water is concerned contamination may leak out into nearby public water supply boreholes.
Seven astronauts perished when hot exhaust gas leaked from one of the booster rockets, destroying the vehicle less than two minutes into the flight.
Even the change in location from a gritty industrial city (Manchester, England) to a glossy, sunlit place like L.A. was a misstep that undermined the necessarily bleak tone.
The news were leaked to the paper
Special techniques must be used to minimize interferences such as offset cur rents, leakage currents, electrostatic interference, triboelectric currents, and electrochemical currents.
The inoculum was injected slowly into the bladder to avoid leakage and the catheter was withdrawn carefully.
The leak of secret or classified information is also troubling the Government.
So if you intend to paint a cold, bleak, winter scene, the grey would be an ideal choice.
The leaking fuel was then ignited by the nearby engines. Times, Sunday Times
It was just a piddling one-drop-a-second leak.
So, should the media have the right to ignore a news embargo and break a story early if the information is leaked from another source?
I was greeted by grey bleakness and a scratchy woolen blanket and a hard wooden floor.
America's crime-fighting agency detailed cases of staff wrongdoing over the past year in a leaked quarterly report. The Sun
All farmers in the area are asked to check drinking troughs for leakages as many householders in the scheme have little or no water.
It appears that there was a slight leak right from the beginning, just a tiny drip but anyone who's been around kerosene will know that a tiny drip makes an enormous pong.
The future looks bleak for the fishing industry.
Publication of WikiLeaks sourced private US comments on the corruption and nepotism of a hated "sclerotic" regime is said to have helped create Tunisia's protest, and generated talk by US commentators of a "Wikileaks revolution". Tunisia: The WikiLeaks connection
Seawater got inside the dome and combined with leaking natural gas to form ice-like crystals called hydrates that clogged up the device. BP Set to Try Risky Move to Contain Flow
You can tell this isn't going to be a winter of picturesque snowscapes and mitten-clad children scampering around with their hoods up - it's one of the bleak, sub-zero temperatures variety.
But if the journalistic scope includes the sequence of events that led to the leak, the coverage has the potential to be illuminating.
News of most of the phone's features had already leaked out, making for a competent but slightly underwhelming presentation. Times, Sunday Times
And then a kind of bleakness about the present and then just a blank space about the future. Times, Sunday Times
We talk a little bit about the ways in which her rather bleak view of the world has been coloured by her first-hand experiences of mortality.
This leakage dramatically decreases the effectiveness of any Keynesian stimulus.
But as a middle-class kid who now lives in an uninsulated, leaking warehouse that would best be described as a decrepit if romantic squat, I know how quickly once gets used to these things.
Outer walls and shower stalls leaked into unventilated cul-de-sac wall spaces.
It is a bid to "reseal" the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), traditionally an exclusive domain of national capitals, parts of which seemed to have leaked to the European Commission in the first half of this decade. Spero News
Modak said that a small quantity of the ship's oil had leaked but had been broken up and taken out to sea by yesterday's choppy swells.
Negative emotions, such as the feelings of hatred, meanness, low self-esteem and confidence, and pessimism, create an unpleasant person and a bleak destiny. Dr T.P.Chia
Plus, you have to watch for possible explosions, gas leaks, backdrafts, and flash fires, and so you can't just point your firefighters at fires and let them work on their own.
It also had leaked photos of the new device. The Sun
She is not alone in her bleak assessment. Times, Sunday Times
If it is shown to have been the cause of the blast, the problem of leaking gas pipes will have been thrust into the public domain once more.
They also saw water leaking down from cracks in the rock and abundant crystal.
For the part he had played, the details of which were practically all rumor and guesswork, quickly leaked out, and in consequence he became a much-execrated and well-hated man. Chapter VII
Why will they be the only ones facing a bleak future? The Sun
This may indicate that roof leakage is occurring where the drain vent pipe penetrates the roof flashing.
By contrast, the modern day village is bleak, cold and almost barren of young people who have moved to the cities in search of work and a better life.
It mimics how the human body seals leaks. Times, Sunday Times
Either way, the trick was to contain the leak and wait until the plumber could arrive the next morning.
The disadvantages are that the batteries are inconvenient to change and severe battery leakage can be disastrous to the circuit board.
This theory says that women are orgasmic so that they're satiated after orgasm and they'll be so tired after orgasm with intercourse that they'll keep lying down on their backs so that the sperm don't leak out.
In a story I wrote early this week I called the dissemination in the media of the audio of Obama's San Francisco fundraiser a “leak.” Leaks and Such - Swampland - TIME.com
It is important to reduce leakage power to improve battery life in portable systems employing periodic self-test, to increase reliability of test and to reduce test-cost.
Despite bleak weather, there was plenty of sparkle at Grasmere's first Festival of the Stars at the weekend, ensuring the event was a big success.
Cold seep communities thrive on cooler, mineralized water leaking from the muddy sea floor.
This acid then leaks through the alkaline solution in the maze setting up a kind of chemical hill. Times, Sunday Times
Dozens of folk had leaky roofs fixed or heating installed without knowing who their benefactor was. Times, Sunday Times
Things were beginning to look a little bleak for West Ham but almost at once they surged upfield to equalise. Times, Sunday Times
Translation: Are there leaky faucets, shaky headboards, running toilets and creaky floors?
Although the future appears bleak, the opportunity is there to make a fresh start.
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's inspired idea was to make airships rigid, so superseding the early blimps, which were fatally vulnerable to leaks from the inflammable hydrogen used to inflate them.
Fortunately, we spotted the leak in time.
This ending is as bleak as any in the history of tragic drama - death, rape, slavery, fire destroying the towers, the city's very name effaced from the record of history by the acts of rapacious and murderous Greeks.
A house is close to collapse after a gas leak caused an explosion just after 8am this morning.
Histamine is one of the body's signals that causes rashes, swelling, leakage of fluid from cells, and itching.
Recognising this, he chose to arrive in midwinter when Venice is cold, wet and magnificently, beautifully bleak.
Highly sensitive party documents detailing the list of staggering demands have been leaked to us. The Sun
What they do capture is the bleakness of the streets.
The pulmonic, or pulmonary, valve sits on the way out of the heart between the right ventricle and the main pulmonary artery to prevent blood from leaking back in between beats. Pulmonary Regurgitation
It is a good time to stay home, locked away from raging tides and bleak midwinter. Times, Sunday Times
The telecon was so hush hush that not a word was actually spoken while it was in progress, for fear of, what else, leaks.
It is injected into the muscle and slowly leaks out into the circulation, so it has a peak and then slowly declines. Times, Sunday Times
In everyday life, the greater the distance between points A and B, and the more rugged the intervening landscape, the bleaker are the odds for success of a blindfolded walk, even—or perhaps especially—when following a simple-minded rule like “always climb higher; never back down.” The Edge of Evolution
He said that it had been pouring with rain, there were thunder storms, and the tents designed for desert use were leaking and soaking wet through.
Hobbes is just one of many famous philosophers Berlin castigated in his lecture, but it is Hobbes's bleak and elemental philosophy that most conveniently sums up what Berlin and other moralists so revile. Was Democracy Just a Moment?
There were a number of design defects and other criminally negligent operational practices which resulted in the leakage of [methyl isocyanate] and these were in the knowledge of the management and were deliberately ignored for commercial reasons," said the CBI in a statement Monday. Court Convicts Seven in Bhopal Gas Leak
Just after boarding was complete he activated the first signal and pictured in his mind the valves being blown so that there would be gas leaks all over the building.
Water leaked out of the can into the backpack
That means thousands of boaters who rely on these multiple-use ports face the bleak prospect of shoaling channels and dangerous bars at river mouths.
His eyes were hooded matching the bleak, dark expression on his face.
If it is found that the hole is nothing to do with the leak then we will pass on the cost to the council.
He responded testily to questions about WikiLeaks's opaque finances, Private Manning's fate and WikiLeaks's apparent lack of accountability to anybody but himself, calling the questions "cretinous," "facile" and reminiscent of "kindergarten. NYT > Home Page
One of the nice things about quiches is that you can add pretty much any ingredient you happen to have lying about – I also like cheese and leek, spinach, cheese and onion, flaked salmon ... the important thing is to ensure whatever it is won't leak any water into the filling. How to cook perfect quiche lorraine
Hawking radiation, involving massless virtual particles and particle-antiparticle pairs, for example, may explain mass and radiation leakage from blackholes.
This paper presents a dominant - mode microstrip leaky - wave antenna.
The only people who can nail the perpetrators are the reporters who heard the leaks.
Check if the condenser has leaks; the refrigerant gas could freeze anything it contacts and could suffocate when inhaled.
There must have followed a pretty bleak winter for many poor people. Times, Sunday Times
In the winter the rain leaks through the seams; in the summer there is no escape from the scorching desert sun. Times, Sunday Times
Leaks from the Vatican, in anticipation of the document's release, suggest that the Pope will introduce five new mysteries to the Rosary.
Then why did the police leak the incident. Times, Sunday Times
People traffickers steer leaky rubber boats towards the vessels and then send a distress signal to summon rescuers. Times, Sunday Times
Err, that short term fluctuation that “deniers” are concerned about also evinced significant concern from one of the pro-AGW scientists — as shown by the leaked email. The Volokh Conspiracy » NYT on Hacked Climate E-Mails
It was a brave new world recovering from the atrocities and bleakness of war.
A conscientious attempt has been made to trace the life and career of Yvette Guilbert from her childhood in the Parisian gutter (or not far removed from it), through her glittering supremacy as a fin de siÃ¨cle diseuse, on into the years of waning prestige and cultural pretension, and so to her last days, harassed and impecunious, in the bleak Provence of 1944. This Was Not Yvette
It's got one of the most dauntingly bleak and unhappy endings imaginable.
Vision acuity, fovea thickness and CNV leakage before and after treatment were analyzed.
At the end of each day the rubbish deposits are covered in a layer of earth, and there are stringent measures to stop polluted water leaking into the ground.
Hackers can leak trade secrets stolen from unprotected networks.
He considers that "at an uncertain period during the occupancy of the Lacies, the first principle of population" (in these forests) commenced; it was found that these wilds, bleak and barren as they were, might be occupied to some advantage in breeding young and depasturing lean Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
The window frames have also been scrapped and repainted and the leaking roof of the oriel window has been repaired.
The pulmonic, or pulmonary, valve sits on the way out of the heart between the right ventricle and the main pulmonary artery to prevent blood from leaking back in between beats. Pulmonary Regurgitation
Installing foam gaskets in electrical outlets will significantly reduce air leakage. 5 Energy-Saving Myths (and what to do instead)
If a window leaks water, interior finishes or exterior wall materials can be damaged.
The prime minister is at the centre of a political row over leaked Cabinet documents.
But without effective compartmentation, a single, well-placed mole can trigger an intelligence leak of catastrophic proportions.
The roof is also leaking badly, window frames and guttering are rotting and the interior is in urgent need of redecoration.
The school accused the Council of dragging its heels over a replacement for a flat roof which was constantly being patched up because of leaks.
The top/narrow end of the cone is the inlet for any pump/device to ships/tanks etc. to capture oil until they fix the leak. Giant Underwater Dome Could Contain Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
The discovery of the pipeline leakage was as follows.
The shipping containers with their remaining plastic jerricans are still leaking and have been put in a specially constructed isolation area within the port.
There is no escape from violence in either sphere, no pastoral alternative to the bleakness of the run-down city.
An East Indiaman was once attacked by a sword-fish with such prodigious force that its "snout" was driven completely through the bottom of the ship, which must have been destroyed by the leak had not the animal killed itself by the violence of its own exertions, and left its sword imbedded in the wood. Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
The meter-square bag was found leaking its foul contents outside the office of legislator Leung Yiu-chung in an industrial area of Kowloon.
A leaky valve and a tight schedule are causing NASA some headaches.
He said it would leak out to the newspapers and cause a scandal.
Documents leaked to this newspaper purport to reveal that radioactive waste is being illegally dumped on the site.
Support will be essential because the prospect of finding a cure soon looks bleak. Times, Sunday Times
Capacitive transients and linear current leakage were minimized on-line by acting on the respective built-in compensation sections of the amplifier.
Indeed, Hem's songs - no matter how bleak - project a hope and buoyancy that would grate were it not for their deftness and skill.
His work could have leaked out all over the place despite his notorious dislike of releasing it to patrons. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
And at Stuff to Download (www.mindspring. com/~jetton/pilot/index. html), Trekkies will no doubt exult over the faux tricorder program that simulates scans for life forms and radiation leaks with cool "Trek" sound effects. Game Guy
prospects were bleak
Thorough caulking and weatherstripping will control most of these air leaks.
We talk a little bit about the ways in which her rather bleak view of the world has been coloured by her first-hand experiences of mortality.
By adopting the fair queuing instead of traditional FCFS service discipline, the router is able to isolate and protect leaky-bucket controlled network connections.
I limped round for another lap, but the radiator was leaking and I pitted to save the engine.
The tank had leaked a small amount of water.
‘The most harmful thing is an ‘accidental’ leak of compromising information.’
Despite the importance of olfaction in mediating food flavours and protecting the organism from leaking natural gas and other environmental hazards, its clinical assessment is not standardized in clinical practice in Australia.
The military intelligence complex an hour outside Washington where the WikiLeaks case goes to court this week is known as a cloak-and-dagger sanctum off-limits to the rest of the world. ABC News: Top Stories
Patients, who [plantiffs 'attorneys] contend did not receive showers on a regular basis, walked around with catheters leaking and dragging on the ground, had wounds left untreated and were forced to sit in soiled bed sheets for hours or, in some cases, even days. Lisa Derrick: More Than Marijuana: Humboldt County DA Wins Big for Seniors
The outlook is quite bleak for the next six to 12 months. Times, Sunday Times
The bleak outlook in Europe contrasts starkly with a far more positive outlook in other regions. Times, Sunday Times
In most of his works, he expressed his feelings and unyieldingness through description of things, showing a stirring, majestic character in a sad, bleak tone.
In this photograph, which appears in many anthologies, the chair looks bleak in its complete aloneness.
A spokesman said it had to wait for the gas leak to be stopped before work could begin on restoring the electricity supply.
Early last year the owners' corporation began complaining of tiles falling off walls, windows coming off their mountings, pipe leakages and pieces of concrete falling off staircases and external walls.
That includes showing that the supporters of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army framed for leaking secret documents, were not plasterboard saints. Ruth Harris's "Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century"
Below us the patchwork of fields stretched to the bleaker Pennines. Times, Sunday Times
It took nine months before enough information leaked out that council brought in a former judge to investigate the bidding.
Schaefer compared Maryland's Eastern Shore to an outhouse he referred to the region as a 'shithouse')) Somehow, the truth leaked out. Balkinization

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