permeable

Example Sentences

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"During food intake, the water flows through the permeable funnel wall, is filtered, and the particle-free water is then released back into the environment via the gills," explains Blanke.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

The idea that our constitutional order could work without having somewhat permeable lines between those, I think, isn’t realistic, especially in a modern world.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

What’s under examination is the strange permeable barrier between life and death, and the way it appears to those who are left behind to deal with the fallout.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

During the siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s, however, the hold was more permeable, and some assistance and trade reached the populations, helping to prevent famine.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2024

He was lonely still, but it was only a mist, a weather front that passed through him when he was alone, a feeling of having turned too permeable.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen