How to Use absorption in a Sentence

absorption

noun
  • And then there is the hardest skill of all: absorption.
    — Stephen Miles, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The stroller’s shock absorption and padding in the seat make all the difference here.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 July 2023
  • Hot stones are applied to the skin, to help with absorption of the ginseng products.
    — Akili King, Essence, 23 May 2025
  • Pop these on over your eye cream to boost results and absorption.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2022
  • This is mostly because the fiber in the fruit slows absorption of the sugar, and fiber is absent in juice.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Because the amounts and absorption of benzene from these products are small, the risk is low.
    — David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Our joints were also happy thanks to good shock absorption in the sole.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
  • Taking more than this amount can reduce the absorption of copper in the body.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 19 May 2024
  • In water, absorption is strong in the red and weak in the blue, thus red light is absorbed quickly in the ocean, leaving blue.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2023
  • For the best moisture absorption, mist greenery stems on the backside of your wreath.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
  • If your feet are craving both top-notch shock absorption and support, the Gaviota 5 might be the way to go.
    — Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The absorption falls off on either side of the peak at just the right rate to give rise to the logarithmic scaling.
    — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Less sea ice means more open ocean, more heat absorption and more climate change.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2021
  • People can be exposed to them by absorption through the skin or inhaling them in the air.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a healthy heedlessness of absorption in him, a turbulence that spills out of the past and beyond the present.
    — Matthew Bevis, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
  • Studies show that high-fat food, the good fats mind you, can quadruple CBD absorption.
    — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The chefs, the cooks, the waiters all concentrate on the task at hand, often in silence, and their absorption passes on to us.
    — David Denby, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Droughts kill plants and leaves the ground bare, reducing soil absorption.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The olive oil used to sauté the onions and garlic, along with the reduced-fat cream cheese provide the fat for better lycopene absorption.
    — Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2020
  • The palm of the hand is also one of the least permeable areas of the human body, which would reduce the rate of absorption into the body.
    — Robert Chilcott, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2020
  • There’s no real elastic travel (shock absorption) in the system, and the boots rock on those pins at the heel, which robs you of power at the end of the turn.
    — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2021
  • And if devices aren’t built with melanin in mind, the extra absorption can throw off their readings.
    — Time, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Seating is a major source of sabins—of sound absorption.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Each dose should be taken before a meal and with an eight-ounce glass of water to aid absorption.
    — Norcal Marketing, Chron, 4 Feb. 2021
  • Her true colors might be the absorption of someone else’s.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Einbinder is a good foil for Smart, even if her glum self-absorption can be trying.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2021
  • Try adding black pepper or a source of fat to your turmeric coffee to help boost its absorption.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The same applies for people with anemia, as caffeine can block the absorption of iron.
    — Ola Faleti, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • But gastrointestinal absorption of the drug can be thwarted by GI troubles, which the man had.
    — ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
  • Simmons arrived in Green Bay this offseason behind the eight ball as a rare veteran newcomer on defense, but focusing on one position has helped his absorption of Hafley’s system.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 16 June 2025

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