How to Use buoyancy in a Sentence

buoyancy

noun
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  • We hope that the economy will maintain its buoyancy.
  • The swimmer is supported by the water's buoyancy.
  • The ship then lost its buoyancy and went down in the northern part of the Atlantic ocean.
    — Mac Stone, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Second, the buoyancy force is equal to the weight of the water displaced by the boat.
    — WIRED, 28 July 2023
  • The change of circumstances gives the new songs a kind of buoyancy.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • In many ways, the buoyancy of our group allowed for there to be a lot of mental health checks and breaks.
    — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 16 July 2023
  • To that end, here are six in which buoyancy and humor reign.
    — Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
  • One reason to march is to not feel alone, is to feel the buoyancy and power in numbers.
    — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 20 Jan. 2017
  • The Mayor traces his newfound buoyancy to the end of lockdown.
    — Hunter Walker, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • Ships may lose buoyancy, and there may also be a risk of ignition above the water and in the air.
    — Time, 28 Sep. 2022
  • To compensate for the extra weight, two inches were added to the sides of the hull to increase buoyancy.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Within each leaf are buoyancy chambers, which help relieve the weight of the doors in the water.
    — Jennifer Ott, The Seattle Times, 28 June 2017
  • If buoyancy is important to you, opt for a phone case or pouch that floats.
    — Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 29 Mar. 2023
  • While there are moments of buoyancy where the jazz roots of the players shine though, the band rarely takes its collective foot off the gas.
    — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 12 Jan. 2018
  • This is a scary world rendered with a dollop of buoyancy.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The movie and Wright’s natural buoyancy return after a beat, and the beat goes on.
    — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 26 June 2017
  • The sun had gone down, so the team attached buoyancy balloons to the boat to prevent it from sinking and came back the next morning.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The ebbing of house price growth comes after two months of surprising buoyancy in the markets.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 18 May 2017
  • Ballast tanks are used to control the buoyancy of a vessel.
    — Andy Rose, CNN, 19 Mar. 2022
  • There’s a looseness to her tone that gives this novel its buoyancy.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The neck, belly and back floats offer all-around buoyancy.
    — Kelley Rebori, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022
  • Levi, once again, carries the movie, though with a shade less of that infectious buoyancy.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This meant the buoyancy tanks needed to shift aft, along with the battery banks and main electronics.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2022
  • To make ice cream so black seems to verge on sacrilege, summer buoyancy traded for a glimpse of the abyss.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The lighter hook allows the worm more buoyancy, and the thinner wire is also easier to set.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 29 July 2019
  • The buoyancy lifts the plastic vertically while the jig head sits on the bottom.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2024
  • The oil in a shark's liver helps regulate its buoyancy in the water.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The life vest provides a minimum of 32-pounds of buoyancy.
    — Outdoor Life, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Instead, brokers want to see cuts, signalling a return to buoyancy in the economy across metrics like jobs, consumer spending, and cheaper borrowing.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Rambutan seed extract is another MVP, upping the hydration to promote hair buoyancy.
    — Maria Conti, Southern Living, 26 July 2024

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