absorbent

Example Sentences

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Walk around it, and the shifting, light-reflective and -absorbent white forms create an uncanny illusion of the pillar in jumpy, unstable motion.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump shared an image of the absorbent, yellow and porous icon puzzling over a notepad with a pencil in his hand.

From Salon

The cotton terry material is absorbent and warm.

From Los Angeles Times

To understand why wet and dry periods are becoming more extreme, it can help to think of the atmosphere as a kitchen sponge that’s becoming more and more absorbent as it warms.

From Salon

Tucked within most of them were even shorter absorbent layers, which are meant to soak up menstrual flow.

From BBC