ambient

Example Sentences

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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

It extended the Clean Air Act to areas that already have clean air—ones that meet the protective “national ambient air quality standards” set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Alongside banner categories like album of the year, we'll find out who had the best album artwork, and who's made the best "ambient, new age or chant" album.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Janice simply ignored them, directing us instead, figuring in her head the positions of the preachers, the crowd, Kwang, paletting their various skin tones into an ambient mix for the media.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee