ambient

Example Sentences

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This makes it a welcome passenger on lazy day trips or late-night drives, and a generally acceptable ambient addition to crowded good times.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The frustration was broader, an ambient sense of national failure in the air.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

"Even the first nanopixels were stable for two weeks under ambient conditions," says Bert Hecht, describing the result.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

This is set at a maximum of 16:1 and the rules say it is measured at ambient temperature.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

It lands with a thud that is muffled by the ambient noise.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern