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Six example sentences with suspended, each labelled with its topic.
Whisk the cocoa hard so the fine grains stay suspended in the warm milk instead of settling at the bottom.
Cooking
Under the microscope the pollen grains hung suspended in the water, drifting without ever touching the glass floor of the slide.
Science
After the storm, so much clay stayed suspended in the river that the water ran brown for eleven days.
Environment
Under the microscope, the red cells stayed suspended in the saline, drifting evenly rather than settling.
Medicine
Oil paint is pigment suspended in linseed oil, and the fineness of the grind decides whether the colour glows or turns muddy.
Art
Film is a layer of silver salts suspended in gelatin, spread so evenly that no grain touches another.
Photography
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