absorbent

Example Sentences

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Once the reflective white snow coverage from winter is gone from the top of the glacier, the darker, more absorbent grey surface of the bare ice is exposed.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

When exposed to a focused beam of electrons, specific regions of the film become more or less absorbent.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

And then, of course, there is the absorbent core—which holds what scientists refer to as the “insult.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Cleanup teams are skimming and pumping oil from the tributary and deploying absorbent booms and pads to recover oil trapped along the creek bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Perhaps I shall gift her with a pair of absorbent white athletic socks in the near future; this gesture may affect her and lead her to conversation.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole