Warm air is more buoyant than cool air.
The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.
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Johnson and his colleagues are now arguing that the formation of continents on Earth was caused largely by an intense, sustained barrage of asteroid impacts that kept the early crust hot and thin enough to make buoyant continents possible.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
5 July 2026 But estimate-beating earnings reports and buoyant guidance—which the 1990s tech bubble lacked—haven’t been enough to sustain bullishness as investors start to doubt whether profits will come in as strong as expected.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
5 July 2026 Princess Diana had a flair for serotonin dressing that matched her buoyant and fashion-forward personality.—
Katherine J Igoe,
InStyle,
1 July 2026 Powering oil operations with wind turbine A tension-leg platform (TLP) is a buoyant, floating structure moored to the seafloor by taut, vertical steel cables.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for buoyant