There was nothing illegitimate about the transaction he was making, but the atmosphere of this dark, smoky room, ceaselessly saturated as it was by imported and unfamiliar sights and sounds, lent the circumstances a vulgar air.

An absolute silence succeeded the noises of the day, and it might be believed that the heavy atmosphere, saturated with electricity, was becoming unfit for the transmission of sounds.

Mr. Braun said there was no chance that anyone could have survived more than 24 hours in an atmosphere saturated with carbon monoxide.

"Those who survive the pulsar's immediate effects will be doomed to eventual extinction, either by prolonged radiation exposure or by an atmosphere saturated with toxic pollutants."

The atmosphere furnished by the parents to the son in this present case was an atmosphere saturated with learning; with thinkings and ponderings upon deep subjects; and with polite culture.

Carbonic maceration is the fermentation of whole clusters of unbroken grapes in an atmosphere saturated with carbon dioxide, which prevents traditional yeast fermentation.

In a blink of a nanosecond, the global array is complete, the planet's atmosphere saturated, sealed within a powerful alien energy grid.

For some days the heat was overpowering, and the atmosphere, saturated with electricity, was only cleared by violent storms.

A wet microburst consists of precipitation and an atmosphere saturated in the low-levels.

Growing up in an atmosphere saturated by his father's famous creations, Jack's first excursions into the professional art world were influenced by Edgar Rice Burroughs themes.