absorbent

Example Sentences

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Once the reflective white snow coverage from winter is gone from the top of the glacier, the darker, more absorbent grey surface of the bare ice is exposed.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

In one academic study, black hair was found to be 15 times more absorbent than ginger hair.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

And then, of course, there is the absorbent core—which holds what scientists refer to as the “insult.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

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 • Nov. 20, 2025

It looked like satin, the handkerchief; it could not possibly be absorbent enough.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie