Sentences with absorb
ab·sorb
A a - Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and moisture from the soil. [VERB noun]
- A household radiator absorbs energy in the form of electric current and releases it in the form of heat. [VERB noun]
- While these areas reflect heat into space, the planet's darker areas, such as the oceans and parts of forests, absorb heat.
- Humble's advice to put a lid on the pan and turn the heat down low to let the stock absorb sounds weird.
- The Colonial Office was absorbed into the Foreign Office. [be VERB-ed + into]
- ...footwear which does not absorb the impact of the foot striking the ground. [VERB noun]
- Some absorb it quicker, some process it quicker.
- The atmosphere is a scarce resource because we are already exceeding its capacity to absorb our greenhouse gases without disastrous climate.
- The banks would be forced to absorb large losses. [VERB noun]
- It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment. [VERB noun]
- In her study last year, Fast Surfers, Broad Scanners and Deep Diver, on how personality affects our ability to find and absorb information.
- Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual. [VERB noun]
- ...a second career which absorbed her more completely than her acting ever had. [VERB noun]
- The distributor absorbed the cost of transport
- Porous solids absorb water
- Blotting paper absorbs ink
- To be absorpt, or swallowed up, in a lake of fire and brimstone.
- Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
- A sponge absorbs water.
- The empire absorbed many small nations.
- So absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.
- This job absorbs all of my time.
- Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide.
- To absorb sound and light; to absorb shock.
- The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information?
- The company will absorb all the research costs.