How to Use buoyant in a Sentence

buoyant

adjective
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  • Warm air is more buoyant than cool air.
  • The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.
  • As a singer, Lipa is breathy and buoyant, but her lyrics skew literal.
    — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Thanks to the wetsuit and the adjustable weights, Sapphire was buoyant and balanced again.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Tiller’s voice, buoyant and sure of itself, whoops with joy, a precious commodity these days, and not just in fiction.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Plus, couples who move around at night will have an easier time changing positions, thanks to the buoyant coil base layer.
    — Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The result is a buoyant melody emanating from the chapel’s 210-foot tower.
    — Jonathan Drew, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Trevor Noah moved with ease between the indoor and outdoor realms and between buoyant humor and topical snark.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2021
  • As the flock of about 60 files out, the mood is buoyant, the conversation upbeat, as men, women and children bid each other farewell.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • His parents began to notice how much the disruption and uncertainty was wearing on their normally buoyant son.
    — ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The capital markets are buoyant (even frothy), with stock markets hitting new highs, despite a very mixed picture coming from economic data.
    — Justin Doebele, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The newly buoyant continents then rise more than a kilometer above their previous elevation.
    — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
  • With the interest rates unlikely to fall in the near future, SPACs may stay buoyant far longer than their critics.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Despite its overwhelmingly buoyant mood, Waffles doesn’t sidestep tough subjects.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 16 Mar. 2021
  • In Minnesota, she was known for her ability to beat shot-clock and end-of-quarter buzzers with creative shots, and the way her buoyant personality lifted her teammates.
    — Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The state is heavily reliant on a progressive personal income tax, which held up well in part because a buoyant stock market generated billions in capital gains tax revenues.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • But the places the film goes to are not light and buoyant.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2021
  • The seeds will sink on their own, but the pith is buoyant.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
  • For weeks, the mood in much of the United States has been buoyant.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller, Star Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
  • The removal of many tons of ice put Lethin in a buoyant mood.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The front end is light and easy to loft, the back end a joy to flick around, and the bike is buoyant off of bumps and jumps.
    — Outside Online, 29 May 2021
  • The course is flat, the crowds are buoyant and the smell of Sunday morning cooking fills the air.
    — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The mood was sleepy but buoyant as the ship made its way through the dark azure water, which plunges some 2,000 feet.
    — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • When the sun shines on the dark balloons, the air inside heats up and becomes buoyant.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2023
  • Daniel Hart’s airy scores adds a playful and buoyant touch.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The filmmakers hopped on the phone from the Bay Area to talk about their warm and buoyant portrait.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Across the pond in Britain, the power of the pet pound (£) is as buoyant, with a huge growth in pet-ownership.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The lakes are fresh water, less buoyant than salt, which means long boards are a must for most surfers.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
  • There are bargains to be had at the entry and mid-levels, with prices buoyant at the top end.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 14 July 2021
  • It’s flavored with over 65 spices and herbs and has buoyant thyme and citrus notes.
    — Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024

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