How To Use Leaky In A Sentence

It could start with a leaky eavestrough that ices up somebody else's walkway. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
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.
Dozens of folk had leaky roofs fixed or heating installed without knowing who their benefactor was. Times, Sunday Times
Translation: Are there leaky faucets, shaky headboards, running toilets and creaky floors?
This paper presents a dominant - mode microstrip leaky - wave antenna.

People traffickers steer leaky rubber boats towards the vessels and then send a distress signal to summon rescuers. Times, Sunday Times
A leaky valve and a tight schedule are causing NASA some headaches.
By adopting the fair queuing instead of traditional FCFS service discipline, the router is able to isolate and protect leaky-bucket controlled network connections.
The repairs should take two to three weeks, and include installing new air conditioning, new plumbing and repairing a leaky roof.
The worst category was found to be two-bedroom properties, mostly flats, in which the average number of faults, such as draughty windows, leaky showers and shoddy electrics, was double that in England and Wales.
If they'd fix one leaky tap that's been dripping for at least 9 years next to the church we'd probably save on a load of water expenses!
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.
—Stowed in a warehouse with a leaky skylight is one of this city's remaining valuable assets: a U.S. Cavalry horse's hoof purportedly found on the battlefield at Little Bighorn, the site of Lt. Col. Harrisburg Is Having a Yard Sale—Wanna Buy a Stuffed Buffalo?
She found a leaky pipe and a wall-to-wall carpet where mites could survive the most vigorous vacuuming.
In this respect, at least, it is in the same leaky boat as the rest of us. Times, Sunday Times
If it starts every time, I don't think the injectors are leaky.
The Leaky Heaven Circus will be premiering their biggest endeavor thus far, Ziggurat!
Once state-of-the-art post-war buildings were crumbling away, with leaky roofs and rotting window frames.
Narrow lanes, leaky ceilings and weak walls with a number of cracks are the salient features of the ‘new’ quarters.
We look at materials and design features that contribute to leaky buildings and some of the potential health risks of leaky homes.
The handsome, goateed, fortysomething lawyer scours Lake Ontario in a ball cap and sunglasses at the helm of the Angus Bruce, his 6.7-metre patrol boat, looking for leaky sewage pipes and other signs of pollution.
‘It was embarrassing showing parents around the draughty old ones with their leaky roofs,’ he said.
Could be a drippy faucet, could be a leaky water heater, could be, um, a new spring bubbling up from under my house.
‘These grants will ensure problems such as leaky roofs and crumbling masonry are nipped in the bud,’ he added.
As the chicken oozes unappetisingly on the top shelf of your fridge, wrapped in a leaky carrier bag, blood drips on to the cheddar cheese below - the classic ‘cross contamination’ sequence.
A handful of people on a leaky boat are going to save the world?
And, notwithstanding the best efforts of those two jokers opposite, we have fixed the leaky roof. Times, Sunday Times
In this condition, fluid accumulates under the retina because of a leaky blood vessel in the choroid, a layer of blood vessels located under the retina.
I don't care about rotten window frames, leaky roof tiles, the magnolia paint in the hall, the dirty lino in the kitchen.
When even one leaky boat load is too many, imagine how he will cack his dacks when he learns about an extra 50,000 refugees heading this way!
This paper is proposed that the leaky bucket output process can be approximately described as Interrupted Bernoulli Process (IBP).
Fluid pressure , flux, leaky and impermeable boundary conditions may be prescribed.
There really is nothing behind his eyes but for a leaky roof dripping into a pale blue bucket.
Pores as large as 3 m diameter can be sufficient to support some pressurization and flow, but they could be expected to be very leaky.
Every house was full of flaws—leaky roofs, draughty rooms, saggy floors—and memories.
This paper is proposed that the leaky bucket output process can be approximately described as Interrupted Bernoulli Process (IBP).
Those leaky roofs, outdated books and peeling paint offer no attraction to young or aged readers.
By 1914 a leaky roof had caused extensive water damage, and portions of the plaster ceilings of the house and senate chambers had collapsed.
That's a lot of leaky pipes. Times, Sunday Times
Maybe he'll look for his dad if he gets a leaky pipe! The Sun
Any of the above operations may also have to include replacement of the leaky tricuspid valve with an artificial valve, and insertion of a pacemaker. Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (CCTGA)
Once people understand what is going on in their economy they will be more interested in plugging some of the holes in the leaky economic bucket.
This did not stop them sending me a letter pointing out that leaky pipes and drains on my property are my responsibility. The Sun
Then he'd show the victim and claim they had a leaky roof. The Sun
So when you say permeability you mean the bowel literally becomes more leaky than it should be.
Leicester were being overrun in midfield and their defence looked as leaky as a colander. The Sun
Why, for example, were 400 people crammed under duress onto a leaky boat that, even if it were seaworthy, could carry no more than 150 people in safety?
The latest data point that's got the doubters in a dizzy is a new LA Times poll that shows that Kerry's slipped a couple of points in the wake of the Swift Boat Liars leaky raft. I can't believe...
Depending on the model, the complaints range from faulty key fobs and leaky sunroofs to balky electronics that leave drivers and their passengers stranded.
When the autumn gales blew you could see the smoke being sucked out through the wall like water out of a leaky bucket.
The worst category was found to be two-bedroom properties, mostly flats, in which the average number of faults, such as draughty windows, leaky showers and shoddy electrics, was double that in England and Wales.
But now I looked upon no city scene, no picture built upon the substantial foundation of daddy at the office all day, fixing a leaky faucet of an evening, painting the woodwork during his summer vacation; or mom, after a pleasant afternoon with the girls, unstintedly opening cans for supper and harassedly watching the cleaning woman who came in once a week. Greener Than You Think
Her home was no longer a Victorian style house with a two car garage, a temperamentally leaky roof, and a basketball goal.
Repair leaky faucets promptly; a leaky faucet wastes gallons of water in a short period.
Welch gasped like a leaky flue, hugged his punctured tripes, and slowly doubled over, fell flat on his smeller. The Big Book of Pulps
Another important component of leaky gut syndrome treatment is the use of bitters and carminatives.
Reduce water consumption through conservation efforts such as fixing leaky taps.
Across the region, residents dealt with downed branches, knocked-over trees, malfunctioning traffic signals, leaky roofs, crumpled carports and battered mobile homes.
We may very well find that we are contributing, through this niggardly, miserly provision, to further examples of leaky buildings.
Like helpless bods clinging to a leaky wreck somewhere between Indonesia and Australia, we were willing to grasp any straw floating past, as drowning people are wont to do.
A ‘leaky gut’ - a too-permeable gut wall, which allows in undigested food molecules - can cause symptoms redolent of candida.
In the meantime, it can always hope its rival has bought a pile with rising damp and a leaky roof. Times, Sunday Times
Instead of bailing water out of the leaky vessel, Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown are trying to plug the leak.
Leicester were being overrun in midfield and their defence looked as leaky as a colander. The Sun
And it's all down to a leaky pipe. The Sun
The leaky pipe in your spare room. Times, Sunday Times
At the time, their high school consisted of a series of leaky tarpaper shacks.
A common cause of allergies, rashes, skin eruptions and more serious autoimmune problems is leaky gut syndrome.
Developers mid-way through construction who blithely ignored the warning signs about leaky homes and waterproofing have unsaleable, even uncertifiable properties.
Experience soon proved that these snorkels were generally leaky and not much good.
It is more comfortable and better looking than a leaky, hot concrete roof.
The company has quietly released a tool to scrub leaky metadata from documents edited with its software.
It blamed a leaky pipe near the production line for the contamination. Times, Sunday Times
They're like leaky boats -- calking, patching, pumping, night and day and all the time. CHAPTER XI
Are you quick to repair leaky faucets and running toilets?
Every house was full of flaws - leaky rooves, drafty rooms and saggy floors - and memories.
While some patching had been done, the leaky roof is still cause for concern, she said.
This team was apparently built around a defense that was parsimonious to the extreme, and now it's gone a bit leaky.
Coincidentally, not only does Dr. De Meirleir believe that leaky gut and dysbiosis are at work, but he's also a Belgian. Mangan's
Until that happens, its like bailing a leaky boat to stay ahead of rising cost.
Forget getting all in a flap with leaky tents. The Sun
The voyage is long and dreary — let us hope the boat will not again prove leaky — if so — Lithe not Styx — be the River for me. Letter 300
So why would any person in their right mind nail their colours to the mast of a leaky dinghy rather than a majestic tall ship?
The bombs will still be raining down there and terrified people on leaky boats will still be arriving.
Rolling said they just refinished the inside of the building and don't want to have to redo it because of a leaky roof.
A similar space for resistance was unintentionally carved out by Galenic humoral theory, which constructed women's bodies as ‘leaky’ vessels.
The pathogen could disrupt these vital cells, which would cause the capillaries to become leaky.
Alternative initiation strategies by ribosomal frameshifting and leaky scanning enable polycistronic translation of the cap-dependent viral transcript. BioMed Central - Latest articles
Two musicians share a dingy, leaky basement flat. Times, Sunday Times
The town will be disturbed, therefore, to learn that the church is facing a £400,000 repair bill for its roof and leaky tower.
Dr. Leaky started much of the uproar when he found his famous missing link, Lucy.
They said to us, "Here's a brand new pool, better than the old one and ... oh yeah, here's a tube of calk - you want to climb up and fix that leaky roof?? Agents, reviews, rights -- and things
Others come by leaky canoes, poled along by human traffickers known as kayotes. Tony Phillips: Maple Wars: America Home to Millions of Undocumented Canadians
Checking a shorted part's easy: Just connect an ohmmeter, and if it never charges up to an open circuit, then it's either leaky or shorted.
The roof is leaky and the rain comes in.
In the alkaline micro-environment at the interface partial neutralisation of the film could occur resulting in a ‘leaky’ coat and thus allowing acid to penetrate and effect degradation.
In most basins sands that can be fluidized are interbedded with ‘leaky’ shales of high permeability (for shales) that do not sustain high overpressure during normal compaction.
The city has an aggressive program to reline and replace these leaky older pipes, one of the best measures we can take to conserve water. Debra Shore: A Day Without Water?
A leaky gut is a condition in which the small intestine wall becomes inflamed and breached with tiny pinholes that leak putrid food particles into the blood stream.
People traffickers steer leaky rubber boats towards the vessels and then send a distress signal to summon rescuers. Times, Sunday Times
The loss of another shuttle, Challenger, in 1986, along with another seven astronauts, was eventually officially attributed to a leaky booster rocket.
Checking a shorted part's easy: Just connect an ohmmeter, and if it never charges up to an open circuit, then it's either leaky or shorted.
Potter fansite The Leaky Cauldron has been granted a sneak preview of the content and described it as "one of the most amazing, engaging and breathtaking additions to this fandom imaginable".
But because I care, I wanted to extend a hand and help you out of that leaky rain barrel before you go (and take others who would emulate you with you), like some gushing honeymooner or P.T. Barnumesque daredevil, completely over the water's edge. Deep-Hearted
A leaky valve they say, indicated by a repetitive loud hissing from the main gasket. frennzy said ... Calgon, Take Me Away
I looked at the two twin beds that caved down in the middle, the boarded up window, the leaky faucet, and the rusty tub and shook my head.
Its unhappy record of arrogant insouciance and incompetence as a monopoly service provider has given its new rivals a record of leaky credibility against which to run.
They've crossed the Mediterranean on a leaky boat. The Sun
Repair leaky faucets promptly; a leaky faucet wastes gallons of water in a short period.
Two musicians share a dingy, leaky basement flat. Times, Sunday Times
If high levels of both molecules are found, it indicates a leaky gut condition.
If you are in the same leaky boat, I have some cheering news. Times, Sunday Times
The symptoms may include fainting from the block in the electrical conduction, or fatigue from inability of the heart to pump enough blood to the body and backward flow through the leaky valve. Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (CCTGA)
The owners of leaky homes would be eligible for general damages, including compensation for mental distress and anxiety, under legislation debated by Parliament yesterday.
People traffickers steer leaky rubber boats towards the vessels and then send a distress signal to summon rescuers. Times, Sunday Times
Other easy fixes included using power meters to find and defang energy-wasting "vampire" appliances, changing a refrigerator door gasket, tuning up your heating system, and fixing leaky ductwork. 5 Energy-Saving Myths (and what to do instead)
The very first evening statements were whispered about to the effect that her state of disrepair is such that she has not been to her own port for nine months, and has been sailing for that time without a certificate; that her starboard shaft is partially fractured, and that to reduce the strain upon it the floats of her starboard wheel have been shortened five inches, the strain being further reduced by giving her a decided list to port; that her crank is "bandaged," that she is leaky; that her mainmast is sprung, and that with only four hours 'steaming many of her boiler tubes, even some of those put in at Auckland, had already given way. The Hawaiian Archipelago
But because I care, I wanted to extend a hand and help you out of that leaky rain barrel before you go (and take others who would emulate you with you), like some gushing honeymooner or P.T. Barnumesque daredevil, completely over the water's edge. Deep-Hearted
Developers mid-way through construction who blithely ignored the warning signs about leaky homes and waterproofing have unsaleable, even uncertifiable properties.
No chemical weapons and no bioweapons in sight - only leaky pipes and empty vaccine bottles.
Of course, this means that muggins has to go and fix the leaky washing machine fitting pdq.
We may very well find that we are contributing, through this niggardly, miserly provision, to further examples of leaky buildings.
If you've ever noticed how quickly a helium filled balloon deflates overnight you'll understand the effect of tiny molecules stored under pressure in leaky containers.
If they ever have a problem - a leaky tap, a blocked drain or a broken washing machine - they need only to make a phone call to their managers and it will be sorted out.
I don't care about rotten window frames, leaky roof tiles, the magnolia paint in the hall, the dirty lino in the kitchen.
Lymphangiectasia is a disease characterized by pathologically dilated and leaky lacteals.
What do you do with a leaky old pool surrounded by unattractive concrete decking that takes up half the backyard?
And the fire service has been asked for advice about a leaky tap.
Computers, in a leaky boat? The Times Literary Supplement
It blamed a leaky pipe near the production line for the contamination. Times, Sunday Times
A fairly toothless attack and a leaky defence. The Sun
Another delegate, William Heath, recalled that the parade include a ship called the “new Constitution” on a sledge pulled by thirteen horses, with men on board who represented “a flourishing commerce,” and another boat “representing the old Confederation, very leaky and irrepairable.” Ratification
The roof is leaky and the rain comes in.
So, what we have here is a leaky, criminally overcrowded boat with minimal freeboard hitting a storm, losing power and wallowing wildly.
Beneath the body was a dark liquid stain that looked as if it might have been left by oil dripped from the leaky sump of a parked car or an evaporated puddle of rainwater.
They slumber beneath leaves or a log or loose bark, between boards in an attic or within a gap in a leaky old double-hung window.
His father was gracious enough to give him the leaky rowboat on the side of the ship and a day's worth of provisions.
Depending on the model, the complaints range from faulty key fobs and leaky sunroofs to balky electronics that leave drivers and their passengers stranded.
A leaky valve they say, indicated by a repetitive loud hissing from the main gasket. frennzy said ... Calgon, Take Me Away
Unlike buildings, where shifting foundations or leaky roofs are painfully obvious, golf course problems often are overlooked.
The plumber went down to the cellar to fix the leaky pipe.
During their fourth time warp, Sawyer, Juliet, Miles, Charlotte and Faraday meet the Others (aka Hostiles) and their leaky H-bomb, Jughead. 'Lost': When are we?
a leaky roof
The house had a leaky roof.
Overloaded with calcium, the mitochondrial membrane becomes leaky, and a pore, known as the permeability transition pore (PTP), opens. Undefined
One reason the law of leaky abstractions is problematic is that it means that abstractions do not really simplify our lives as much as they were meant to.
It sounds like interference from a nearby radio station, but it is more likely to be the effect of a ‘leaky’ mike among the production crew.
Utrera, 20 miles east of Seville, is an industrial place and the Reyeses lived in Arenal, one of the town's poorer barrios, in a bare house with a leaky roof.
Mutant m403 appeared to be slightly temperature sensitive for growth, but it proved too leaky to allow cloning of the wild-type gene by complementation.
It blamed a leaky pipe near the production line for the contamination. Times, Sunday Times
Main causes of fatal accidents are blocked or leaky flues, poor ventilation, poor installation and maintenance, faulty appliances, or misuse.
The current public distribution system is notoriously leaky, leading to massive pilferage. India Can't Get the Food Right Wrong
Leaky pipes and the occasional blockage provides some diverting fun for the rest of the family as they watch Dad struggle with the stinky mess.
KING: I want to send my very best to dame Elizabeth Taylor, going into the hospital for what she describes as the repair of a leaky heart valve. CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2009
There was also a story on Friday of a boatload of people on Ashmore Reef in a leaky boat, who our navy had refused to pick up.
Every house was full of flaws - leaky rooves, drafty rooms and saggy floors - and memories.
Two musicians share a dingy, leaky basement flat. Times, Sunday Times
If there are problems in the plant, like a leaky roof, there could be recontamination," says Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia. Peanut-Butter Probe Focuses on Georgia Plant
They passed down a long leaky corridor before reaching a heavily locked door at the other end.
a leaky defense system
Aloe has the double action of acting as an anti-fungal agent, as well as a potent healer of the leaky gut wall.
Like the ticking of an old clock or a leaky water tap, you get so used to it that it simply seems to disappear after a while.
It's very old and leaky so we're doing it up. Times, Sunday Times
Generally employed too far from their villages to be able to reach home in the evening, the women had built temporary huts, leaky shelters of branches and reeds.
He felt he could not afford one leaky bowler. Times, Sunday Times
Begin inventory of masculine eyes: shy, leaky, unblinking, mousy, grateful, menacing, proprietary, polite.
Since then I have replaced the old leaky fuel pump which has given me a perplexing problem.
Teh latter was especially leaky-eye inducing because all teh staffs who knowed Esme writed individual messages. Look at us, just look - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
If you've ever noticed how quickly a helium filled balloon deflates overnight you'll understand the effect of tiny molecules stored under pressure in leaky containers.
That's hardly surprising given the salt spray and leaky roof in the current place.
Buyers were getting very picky because of the leaky homes saga - as wise developers we had met the public concerns by shifting to materials that were leakproof and resistant (eg treated timber), before it became mandatory.

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