ambient

Example Sentences

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This makes it a welcome passenger on lazy day trips or late-night drives, and a generally acceptable ambient addition to crowded good times.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

It extended the Clean Air Act to areas that already have clean air—ones that meet the protective “national ambient air quality standards” set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 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

Janice simply ignored them, directing us instead, figuring in her head the positions of the preachers, the crowd, Kwang, paletting their various skin tones into an ambient mix for the media.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee