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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.
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.
After my experiments, I'll probably stick with Purely Cotton, which costs no more than the premium brands, is environmentally sound, acceptably soft, and appropriately absorbent.
Generally, if pH of scrubbing liquor falls below a range of 5.0 to 6.0, additional reagent is required to maintain the reactivity of the absorbent.
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.