buoyancy

Example Sentences

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Trading patterns should provide “a natural buoyancy for prices before the cold arrives.”

From Barron's

The persistent buoyancy of the music goes hand in hand with the lore that surrounds it: Moore and Riley often write together on a sailboat that is their intermittent home.

From New York Times

When Whalen first examined the fossil, he looked for the phragmocone, a chambered shell characteristic of most fossil cephalopods that helps them control buoyancy.

From Seattle Times

At times on Saturday, we sensed that something in the air seemed to deflate our buoyancy, reduce our vigor and detract from our vitality.

From Washington Post

Syrupy, sweet, and acidic, it provides buoyancy and heft to anything it is added to, sometimes veering into an elixir that straddles the savory/sweet disparity more so than any other condiment.

From Salon