How to Use buoyant in a Sentence

buoyant

adjective
  • Warm air is more buoyant than cool air.
  • The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.
  • 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
  • This day there are no hawks around to point to the buoyant air.
    — Alan Berner, The Seattle Times, 23 Nov. 2018
  • 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 buoyant bubbles lift the seed to the top until the bubbles pop, which then makes the seed more dense.
    — Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Of those, four were buoyant and would float, but had been anchored to the ocean floor, Miles said.
    — Asia Fields, The Seattle Times, 31 Aug. 2018
  • The results could add to the buoyant mood among investors.
    — Charles Riley, CNN, 11 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • The greenback rose as U.S. growth barreled along while the rest of the world proved less buoyant than hoped.
    — Richard Barley, WSJ, 6 July 2018
  • The rest of cast is a buoyant bunch of gifted multi-taskers.
    — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • When the sun shines on the dark balloons, the air inside heats up and becomes buoyant.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2023
  • Lighter, more buoyant flyers like terns, will stay with the storm longer.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 22 Sep. 2017
  • All from the 2016 vintage, these were the friskiest and most buoyant of all the barberas on the premises.
    — Mike Dunne, sacbee, 26 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • Of course, the buoyant mood is cracking in the pandemic.
    — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2020
  • These are the score as Prokofiev intended it: light and buoyant.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Stroll by in the late afternoon, and the scene can appear buoyant.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 25 Oct. 2020
  • In many ways, the founders assembled at the shoot had good reason to feel buoyant.
    — Yasmin Gagné, The Hive, 12 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Lani Shades are made in Hawaii from wood and bamboo, and thus, are lightweight and buoyant.
    — Will McGough, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, Hollywood hopes its coming summer will reflect the buoyant result of the moment, rather than a throwback to the grim times of 2023.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Considering how long Canada was ahead, this result should feel like a letdown for Jesse Marsch’s side, which had been in buoyant form.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 22 June 2025

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