buoyant

adjective

buoy·ant | \ ˈbȯi-ənt

, ˈbü-yənt\

Definition of buoyant

: having buoyancy Warm air is more buoyant than cool air. : such as

a : capable of floating Cork is naturally buoyant.

b : cheerful, gay in a buoyant mood

c : capable of maintaining a satisfactorily high level a buoyant economy

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Examples of buoyant in a Sentence

Warm air is more buoyant than cool air. The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.

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Still, the atmosphere was buoyant, as people sought to stay cool yet embrace the heat blast from the south. — Kirsten Grieshaber, chicagotribune.com, "Europe’s heat wave: It was 108.7 degrees in Paris on Thursday. Since measurements began, Belgium has never had a hotter day.," 25 July 2019 The adjectives that loop around these titles are often simply descriptors of summer-ness: airy, buoyant, salty, sunny, breezy. — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, "The Invention of the “Beach Read”," 14 June 2019 When a worker raises his arms, the exoskeleton provides a counterweight that makes the arms feel buoyant, as if the upper body is suspended in water. — Leigh Kamping-carder, WSJ, "Industrial Exoskeletons Give Workers a Lift," 17 Jan. 2019 The 73rd annual Tonys ceremony, held at Radio City Music Hall, was a night more buoyant than surprising. — Michael Paulson, New York Times, "Who Won and What Happened at the 2019 Tony Awards," 9 June 2019 The ants form air pockets by pushing away from whichever ants they are connected to, creating highly buoyant rafts that are 75 percent air. — Quanta Magazine, "The Remarkable Self-Organization of Ants," 9 Apr. 2014 Insidious arguments have even claimed African Americans are less buoyant than whites because of the way African American muscles respond in cold water. — Byron Mccauley, Cincinnati.com, "The fatal drowning rate for black kids is stark. History is part of that.," 13 June 2019 Saint-Etienne striker Robert Beric scored twice and Romain Hamouma added a late goal in a buoyant atmosphere at Geoffroy Guichard Stadium as visiting Nice was beaten 3-0. — Samuel Petrequin, The Seattle Times, "Pepe scores twice for Lille, Lyon seals 3rd in Ligue 1," 18 May 2019 The First Heavyweight Match of the World Cup There’s a buoyant atmosphere in Sochi ahead of the first really heavyweight meeting of the 2018 World Cup — an Iberian derby between Spain and Portugal. — Rory Smith, New York Times, "Spain and Portugal Play a Draw for the Ages, Starring a Player for All Time," 3 Mar. 2018

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