shock absorber
noun
: any of several devices for absorbing the energy of sudden impulses or shocks in machinery or structures
Examples of shock absorber in a Sentence
The car needs new shock absorbers.
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Doing tight curves, trying to muscle the craft with your legs and arms, and protecting your tush through big waves with your legs as shock absorbers does take effort.
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Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 12 July 2025
They’re asked to be culture carriers, performance drivers, emotional shock absorbers.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The cooled rods are put into 17-ft-tall (5-m) steel and concrete cylinders with multiple inner layers, concentric seals, and shock absorbers.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2024
Ensure Process And Goal Alignment Skip-level meetings are the shock absorbers of the culture!
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 12 July 2025
They’re asked to be culture carriers, performance drivers, emotional shock absorbers.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The cooled rods are put into 17-ft-tall (5-m) steel and concrete cylinders with multiple inner layers, concentric seals, and shock absorbers.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2024
Ensure Process And Goal Alignment Skip-level meetings are the shock absorbers of the culture!
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shock absorber
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“Shock absorber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shock%20absorber. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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