How to Use buoyant in a Sentence

buoyant

adjective

• Warm air is more buoyant than cool air.
• The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.
• The buoyant bubbles lift the seed to the top until the bubbles pop, which then makes the seed more dense.
  — Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2020
• These men—tagging along to start their third families—were the most buoyant patients, the ones who seemed to have the least to lose.
  — Lena Dunham, Harper's Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020
• It’s built for the cold, warmed by a thick undercoat and outer hairs like hollow tubes that trap air and keep it buoyant swimming across icy lakes and rivers.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2020
• Unlike an oceanic plate, which is cold and dense, the Indian continental plate is thick and buoyant.
  — Science, 8 Dec. 2020
• When a fire ant colony gets flooded, the ants hook their feet to other ants’ bodies to create a buoyant mass, taking turns above and below the waterline.
  — Michael Parmelee, Magazine, 8 Dec. 2020
• Democrats became notably more buoyant, while Republicans just as quickly turned gloomy.
  — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2020
• Continental rock is more buoyant than ocean crust, so India resisted sinking.
  — Science, 8 Dec. 2020
• Markets were already buoyant about the result of the U.S. elections, which saw Biden win the presidency.
  — CBS News, 9 Nov. 2020
• Its buoyant organ is facing downward, and its light-up organ, typically used to blind prey animals below predators, is pointed upward.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 Nov. 2020
• Analysts who study the biotechnology industry were buoyant on Monday.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2020
• Advertisement In stock markets overseas, indexes were more buoyant on hopes for more moves by China to prop up the world’s second-largest economy.
  — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
• Yet, while some trends are still nascent, others show no sign of fading: the alley of high-tech water toy gadgets, from submersibles to electric scooters and inflatables, was as buoyant as ever—even in the rain.
  — Chrissie McClatchie, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
• Musically, buoyant dance-pop and explosive love-centric choruses took the place of Rated R’s penchant for foreboding rock ‘n’ roll.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
• But the places the film goes to are not light and buoyant.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2021
• The seeds will sink on their own, but the pith is buoyant.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
• For weeks, the mood in much of the United States has been buoyant.
  — Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller, Star Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
• The removal of many tons of ice put Lethin in a buoyant mood.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
• The front end is light and easy to loft, the back end a joy to flick around, and the bike is buoyant off of bumps and jumps.
  — Outside Online, 29 May 2021
• The course is flat, the crowds are buoyant and the smell of Sunday morning cooking fills the air.
  — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• The mood was sleepy but buoyant as the ship made its way through the dark azure water, which plunges some 2,000 feet.
  — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• When the sun shines on the dark balloons, the air inside heats up and becomes buoyant.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2023
• Daniel Hart’s airy scores adds a playful and buoyant touch.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
• The filmmakers hopped on the phone from the Bay Area to talk about their warm and buoyant portrait.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
• Across the pond in Britain, the power of the pet pound (£) is as buoyant, with a huge growth in pet-ownership.
  — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• The lakes are fresh water, less buoyant than salt, which means long boards are a must for most surfers.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
• There are bargains to be had at the entry and mid-levels, with prices buoyant at the top end.
  — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 14 July 2021
• It’s flavored with over 65 spices and herbs and has buoyant thyme and citrus notes.
  — Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024
• Most fish have a swim bladder, or a sac of air inside its body to keep buoyant.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024