absorbent

Example Sentences

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Walk around it, and the shifting, light-reflective and -absorbent white forms create an uncanny illusion of the pillar in jumpy, unstable motion.

From Los Angeles Times

Cleanup teams are skimming and pumping oil from the tributary and deploying absorbent booms and pads to recover oil trapped along the creek bed.

From Los Angeles Times

The conclusion to take from that is either the world economy is more shock absorbent than thought or it is just a matter of timing, with the real pain ahead.

From BBC

Period pants are underwear with built-in absorbent layers.

From BBC

Trump shared an image of the absorbent, yellow and porous icon puzzling over a notepad with a pencil in his hand.

From Salon