How to Use dissipation in a Sentence

dissipation

noun
  • He lived a life of dissipation.
  • Insulation helps prevent the dissipation of heat from houses in the winter.
  • Rather, to clear the air, and to demonstrate dissipation of any hard feelings.
    chicagotribune.com, 26 July 2021
  • The fast movement, combined with dry air from land and high wind shear over the Caribbean should lead to the dissipation of the storm during the middle of the week.
    Taylor Ward, CNN, 20 June 2017
  • There appear to be heat dissipation vents on the top of the consoles as well, so an upright stance may be preferred.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired, 11 June 2020
  • From touchdown to dissipation, the Quad-State Tornado may have spent a stunning four hours on the ground.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The mattresses are foam-coil hybrids, in which the coils allow for air flow and heat dissipation.
    Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 31 May 2023
  • Owens’ clients who have had success saw the dissipation of chronic pain as well as a boost in mood and energy.
    Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 1 June 2018
  • Lawrence points to the escalation of the American war in Vietnam as a major reason for the dissipation of the high hopes of the Kennedy years.
    Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Their thin hair and flapping ears help with heat dissipation.
    Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023
  • Eventually, the body is unable to send enough blood to both the working muscles and the skin for heat dissipation.
    Susan Yeargin, Chron, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The parental makeover, after months of dissipation and neglect, lands poorly at first.
    Time, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The easiest and most obvious takeaway is the return of suiting to menswear’s fore and the dissipation of streetwear from the catwalks.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Overall, Asus has done a great job addressing heat dissipation on the Scar II.
    Stefan Etienne, The Verge, 17 July 2018
  • Eventually, the body is unable send enough blood to both the working muscles and the skin for heat dissipation.
    Susan Yeargin, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The body of this nail drill is made with aluminum alloy, which contributes to heat dissipation.
    Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2022
  • But, just as the dissipation of a friendship might be blamelessly shared, so, too, is the work of its possible return.
    Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 11 June 2021
  • The show uses red dust to convey the dissipation of memories.
    Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The heatsink uses more metal than the fake for, likely, better heat dissipation.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Since then, ice has retreated and advanced, over and over, largely in accordance with the buildup and dissipation of greenhouse gases in the air.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2024
  • No slow dissipation for the Trashers, no aging and decline.
    Rich Cohen, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2018
  • States of weariness or dissipation; the early hours when everyone else is home and safely asleep.
    Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Would staying away a bit longer provide more time for the dissipation of the fumigation and address your health concern?
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • No, not all the important painting and sculpture produced here in the 1960s depicts figures in some state of dissipation.
    Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018
  • That could include a loss of 6 million jobs, a surge to 9 percent unemployment, and the dissipation of as much as $15 trillion in household wealth.
    Tim O'Donnell, The Week, 21 Sep. 2021
  • More fish in San Francisco Bay could soon die, due to a combination of the weekend heat wave and — oddly enough —the dissipation of the enormous algae bloom.
    Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The one area that needs improvement, according to AnandTech, is heat dissipation.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The Xiaomi 12 Pro has a larger vapor chamber and three large heat dissipation graphite sheets.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 28 Dec. 2021
  • And another!) and dialogue that works like polystyrene stuffing, filling the cracks with Modi’s half-baked musings on the happy lives of pigeons or long quotes from Charles Baudelaire, poet and patron saint of dissipation.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
  • These chambers are used on most smartphones today for better heat dissipation, allowing for smoother sustained performance when playing games.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 10 July 2024

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