absorb

In a sentence

Six example sentences with absorb, each labelled with its topic.

• Dark soil absorbs more of the afternoon sun than pale sand, which is why the seedbed stays warm past sunset.

  Science

• Good running shoes absorb the shock of each landing, so the jolt never travels all the way to your knees.

  Fitness

• Peat bogs absorb rainfall like a sponge and release it slowly, which keeps the streams below running through August.

  Environment

• Let the rice absorb the stock slowly over low heat, adding one ladle at a time until the grains turn creamy.

  Cooking

• The panel's dark coating absorbs most of the light that hits it, and the cells beneath turn a fifth into current.

  Technology

• Unsized paper absorbs ink the instant the brush touches it, so calligraphers cannot pause mid-stroke without a blot.

  Art

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More Academic words

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