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Example sentences for: absorbent

How can you use “absorbent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

What makes "sanitary wiping paper" (to use the wonderful cadences of marketing-speak) stretchy and absorbent is a process called "creping": A metal blade removes the paper as it dries from the steel cylinder on which it was formed, lowering the paper's density.
Maize seeds (FRB-73) were germinated for 3 days on trays on absorbent paper wetted with 0.1 mM CaSO 4 at 28°C in a humidified incubator.
The bottom of each cylinder was closed with a polyethylene cap with two slits, where ends of a 1.3 × 23 cm (width × length) wick of absorbent paper were inserted.
D iapers: Diaper bags are a good place to start, since they are unnecessary: A $20 knapsack and a $2 dry-down--an absorbent, washable pad--are perfectly sufficient substitutes.
Because that, adds the white one, is what makes the sheets "so absorbent."