absorbed

Example Sentences

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They were once blown off the stage by Parliament/Funkadelic, but absorbed much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Markets have absorbed an astonishing amount of headline risk since the war with Iran began in February, and staged one of the strongest equity recoveries on record.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

George Santayana’s famous observation about history has been absorbed into the bloodstream of popular thought: Those who don’t learn from it are doomed to repeat it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Usyk responded with a sharp double uppercut in the second, but Verhoeven absorbed it well and fired back with two right hands of his own.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Perhaps because of the months he spent absorbed in working on the clock itself, the circus feels familiar, comfortable.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern