How to Use compression in a Sentence

compression

noun

• Elastane, spandex or lycra fiber blends have stretch and improve compression.
  — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2022
• One side is a large zippered compartment, and the other is open with compression straps to keep everything in place.
  — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2022
• These compression socks work wonders for pregnant women who experience leg and foot pain or swelling.
  — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 4 Aug. 2022
• From compression socks to those that come in breathable fabrics or merino wool, your new favorite may be among these fantastic options.
  — Emilia Benton, SELF, 12 Aug. 2022
• Linear are going to be reduced by compression of the materials.
  — Alex Prewitt, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
• Throwing on a pair of compression socks can also reduce swelling and alleviate the pins-and-needles sensation.
  — Jessica Poitevien, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2022
• The medical grade gradual compression makes for great quality and a comfortable fit for any momma looking for some relief.
  — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 4 Aug. 2022
• The event will display different types of breast cancer prostheses, bras and compression arm sleeves for preventive and lymphedema treatment.
  — Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
• Sarah Jo’s coming-of-age takes place in a laboratory-like compression of what, for most people, is the decade-plus of adolescence and early adulthood.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022
• What Manolo experienced and starred in has a very clear and evident alignment of compression with audiences outside Spain.
  — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022
• Real-time recording of a structural color sample used as a compression sensor to capture tapping of fingertips on the material.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2022
• Side sleepers generally need a medium to medium-soft mattress, since these have enough give to alleviate pressure in deep compression areas like the hips and shoulders.
  — Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
• The simple design works for most travelers and the interior has several pockets and compression straps for organization.
  — Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
• The phone pocket in the compression shorts is also a nice idea.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2023
• Your compression faucet should now be leakproof and good as new.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 30 June 2023
• For me, that means a few turns of preload, and some extra front and rear compression.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2022
• Dry bags, compression sacks, and gear packs are all on sale.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022
• Listen to the compression on his voice on some of those big ballads in ’57.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
• The wrap offers five areas of compression, which reach from the belly through the waist and hips.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 14 Mar. 2024
• So, Amelia did the next best thing — chest compressions — while yelling to her mom, who was upstairs, to call 911.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2023
• Use a caliper compression tool, shown here, or a C clamp to retract the piston.
  — Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
• Want to buy the compression legs without the hip package?
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 26 Aug. 2022
• Carvalho said that a gasp was not the same as breathing and told her to keep up the compressions.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• If the wheels are engaged with the engine through the transmission, there's still the compression of a gas in the cylinders.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
• The leggings have the perfect amount of compression, and the sports bra is both easy to get on but very supportive.
  — Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2023
• The deputies don’t respond, and the one rendering aid calls for a compression patch under the teen’s armpit and starts CPR.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• The slight compression offers the body plenty of support during the fourth trimester.
  — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• The outside of the suit is made out of compression fabric, and the inside features power mesh that holds you in all the right places.
  — Maya Polton Updated, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
• This can trigger headaches, lack of concentration and compression of the discs in the spine.
  — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 13 Sep. 2024
• Wolff’s right rear tire burst on a section known as the Foxhole compression.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024