How to Use absorption in a Sentence

absorption

noun

• Pira’s careful, often pained absorption of the baffling world at hand — and unknown worlds to come.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
• One One midsole offers a dose of cushioning that doubles as shock absorption.
  — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• John Kerry’s lament that war in Ukraine would damage the climate may be the last word on political self-absorption.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
• This design not only reduces weight but can also compress upon impact to increase power and shock absorption.
  — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
• Some medicines, such as omeprazole and other proton pump inhibitors (acid-suppressing stomach medicines) reduce absorption.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2022
• These two ingredients assist with oil absorption, decreasing the chances of the mascara smearing on one's eyelids.
  — Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 1 Mar. 2022
• While the heat setting increases product absorption and brightens the skin, the cool setting is geared toward decreasing puffiness around the eyes.
  — Jenny Berg, Allure, 26 Nov. 2024
• White roofs keep households and other indoor spaces cool by reflecting sunlight back into space, preventing the absorption of heat during hot summer days.
  — Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
• Recovery of ocean and coastal ecosystems: Replant and restore ocean ecosystems to kick-start carbon absorption by marine animal and plant life.
  — Eric Niiler, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022
• Again, almost all potential benefits of steaming your face, including product absorption, go back to the stratum corneum softening up.
  — Mara Santilli, SELF, 28 Feb. 2022
• Sunlight through a window won’t have the same effect– glass reduces absorption of the UV rays needed for vitamin D production.
  — Jianying Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
• The Gel-Kayano models stand out from the rest of the brand's running lineup thanks to gel technology that increases shock absorption and maximizes comfort.
  — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• The technology behind the monitors had been studied and developed with majority white patient groups and failed to correct for melanin’s absorption of visual light.
  — Grace Wickerson, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2022
• The stroller’s shock absorption and padding in the seat make all the difference here.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 July 2023
• Pop these on over your eye cream to boost results and absorption.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2022
• Our joints were also happy thanks to good shock absorption in the sole.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
• Taking more than this amount can reduce the absorption of copper in the body.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 19 May 2024
• In water, absorption is strong in the red and weak in the blue, thus red light is absorbed quickly in the ocean, leaving blue.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2023
• The absorption falls off on either side of the peak at just the right rate to give rise to the logarithmic scaling.
  — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
• People can be exposed to them by absorption through the skin or inhaling them in the air.
  — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
• The chefs, the cooks, the waiters all concentrate on the task at hand, often in silence, and their absorption passes on to us.
  — David Denby, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
• Droughts kill plants and leaves the ground bare, reducing soil absorption.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022
• And if devices aren’t built with melanin in mind, the extra absorption can throw off their readings.
  — Time, 1 Nov. 2022
• Seating is a major source of sabins—of sound absorption.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
• Her true colors might be the absorption of someone else’s.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• Thanks to absorption in the atmosphere, that light doesn't reach Earth's surface.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
• The combined removal of dead cells and peach fuzz allows the absorption of skincare products, which leads to a brighter skin tone.
  — Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
• The dampers in Sport Plus are devoted wholly to shock, not absorption.
  — Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2022
• The sublingual method of using CBD oil is the most effective in terms of absorption.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
• So there’s over 200 million square feet of net absorption in buildings.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024