absorbing

Example Sentences

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One wing stretches west along the river toward Louisville, absorbing some of its outer suburbs.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

But divorcing a film like this from the times in which we’re absorbing it is short of impossible, no matter how much of an escape it provides for 109 minutes.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Writing in the journal Science, Associate Professor Grace Han and her research team describe a new material capable of absorbing sunlight, storing that energy in chemical bonds, and later releasing it as heat whenever needed.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

The piece slows to a mesmerizing pace as layers of sound build and subside in absorbing ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

He felt as though he were absorbing it, or it was absorbing him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor