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

Instead of relying on heavy metal catalysts, the reaction is activated by an LED lamp at ambient temperature.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Governing body the FIA has proposed a compromise whereby the ratio is measured both at ambient temperature and 130C.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Movements and the rustle of clothing, the tapping of feet, the ambient whispering, suddenly stopped.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin