buoyancy

Example Sentences

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The gourd was used as a buoyancy aid and a place to put the catch.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Markets elsewhere, bereft of megacap tech buoyancy, failed to keep pace.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

That earlier design relied on two water-repelling disks sealed together to create buoyancy.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

Elsewhere, Cosm takes on a buoyancy when Denise Nickerson’s Violet transforms into a bouncy blueberry.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

I remarked favorably its buoyancy, which stirred the heart at the thought that such excellently spoken men determined our fate.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson