- present participle of dissipate.
dissipating
Example Sentences
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Most of this low comedy is witless and irrelevant, dissipating the tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
While the colder climate of space holds appeal for some backers of the galactic data-center vision, “there’s no airflow,” Huang noted, which could present challenges when it comes to dissipating heat.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026
"It helped me channel my perfectionism, taking it out of the dark and into the light and dissipating that shame."
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
"The gas behaves like a perfect conductor; even though countless collisions occur between the atoms, quantities like mass and energy flow freely, without dissipating into the system."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
The mist was dissipating quickly, allowing the sun—in streaks and dazzling, abrupt splashes—to shine through.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
