How to Use conductive in a Sentence

conductive

adjective
  • Flows are at a level that is conductive to both wade and float fishing.
    Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 7 May 2017
  • Kids can mold the conductive dough into creations that move, flash, and make sound.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 30 June 2017
  • But these concoctions are less conductive than the pure stuff.
    Gregory Barber, WIRED, 14 July 2022
  • This one comes with a 135-inch spring-wire cord and a spare conductive spring and bulb.
    Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Never touch a power line with your bare hands or with any conductive object.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024
  • The next step is to go in with your conductive gel or a serum that is compatible with your tool.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • There are areas where conductive tape must be applied to bridge metal.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2018
  • The annealing step expands the copper across the gap to form a conductive bridge.
    IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Aside from a host of attachments, this set includes a conductive gel and carry bag.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The young nymphs live below ground and feed on the fluids flowing through the conductive tissue of plant roots.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2021
  • The core of the pan is super conductive aluminum, which is clad in layers of high-gloss stainless steel.
    Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Just wash your face, apply a conductive serum, like this one from the brand, or your own products, and press and glide it along your skin.
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • But this is the first time it’s been used to help build a highly conductive, nanoscale material.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
  • This, the team explains, enables things like magnesium ions to move and form tiny conductive paths.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Jan. 2026
  • As a proof-of-concept, the team made small textile sensors out of gelatin fibers, cotton and conductive yarns.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The mote also features a layer of special conductive film and a thin sheet of copper.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2021
  • Roads and airports aren’t the only places conductive concrete can be useful.
    National Geographic, 26 Jan. 2016
  • Coarse copper leaf was chosen as the most conductive aerosol out of seven mixtures tested.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Fungus can reduce wood strength and may kill storage and conductive tissues in the sapwood.
    oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The most common type of hearing loss in young children is a conductive loss, which concerns how loud sound must be for a child to hear it.
    Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2020
  • Loose welding beads may form a conductive path between the hybrid battery cells which could lead to a short-circuit.
    USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Better yet, without the gel, users simply had to make sure the conductive part of the electrode was touching skin.
    Betsy Isaacson, Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2016
  • The conductive plastic traces were printed into the container wall as it was built.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The first, conductive hearing loss, is due to a blockage in the outer or middle ear that stops sounds from getting through.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Copper is more conductive at modern IC scales.
    Divya Prasad, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Flashover occurs when the surface of the body is more conductive than the inside—for instance, if the skin is covered in sweat.
    The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The oxide skin typically has to be broken so the droplets can combine to form a conductive path.
    IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Electrodes were attached with no need to shave the cats' hair, thanks to a conductive paste to improve electrode/skin contact.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The extremeley non-conductive aerogel sheet easily guards the wax from the heat.
    Wired Blogs, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2005
  • The team has filed a provisional patent for their conductive ink, but there are still a few limitations.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026

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