buoyantly
adverb
Examples of buoyant in a Sentence
Warm air is more buoyant than cool air.
The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.
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The black expanse of thin, dense and relatively young basalt from those centers stands in stark contrast to thicker, more buoyant continental crust, which is primarily granite but contains the full gamut of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks and can be billions of years old.
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Evan Howell, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
There are weak patches, but the four actors (Wilde, MVP Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz) keep it buoyant, with a crackling energy that makes the endless streams of overlapping talk play like jazz.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026
As the comedy progresses, its buoyant tone clenches and darkens, and the plot bends and lurches, in ways that, to me, felt unnecessarily punitive toward both Haru and the audience.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Here, those influences are worn proudly, ringing out in a buoyant harmonica solo.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
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Evan Howell, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
There are weak patches, but the four actors (Wilde, MVP Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz) keep it buoyant, with a crackling energy that makes the endless streams of overlapping talk play like jazz.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026
As the comedy progresses, its buoyant tone clenches and darkens, and the plot bends and lurches, in ways that, to me, felt unnecessarily punitive toward both Haru and the audience.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Here, those influences are worn proudly, ringing out in a buoyant harmonica solo.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for buoyant
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“Buoyant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buoyant. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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