ambient

Example Sentences

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The frustration was broader, an ambient sense of national failure in the air.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

Instead of relying on heavy metal catalysts, the reaction is activated by an LED lamp at ambient temperature.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

"Even the first nanopixels were stable for two weeks under ambient conditions," says Bert Hecht, describing the result.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Instead of narration, unobtrusive captions appeared on screen with price, provenance or other details about various market items, leaving room for the ambient sounds to come to the fore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

You push your cart a few feet, pause significantly with item in hand, frown at the ambient racks, then push on and repeat the process.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich