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.
  • So the spring in my step is quite buoyant.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 12 May 2026
  • This day there are no hawks around to point to the buoyant air.
    — Alan Berner, The Seattle Times, 23 Nov. 2018
  • Back in the dressing room, the mood was buoyant.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Their mood during the call was buoyant.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Lighter, more buoyant flyers like terns, will stay with the storm longer.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Dinner is very spiky and buoyant.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The textures are buoyant and goopy.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The removal of many tons of ice put Lethin in a buoyant mood.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The bright and buoyant curls were all aughts and played well with the era’s shimmer and shine.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
  • His once-buoyant shock of hair was a retreating mane of white.
    — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Here's to a bright and buoyant 2021 all over the world.
    — Robin Raven, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Feelwise, this one leans buoyant.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Most fish have a swim bladder, or a sac of air inside its body to keep buoyant.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Dough should be very smooth and slightly tacky and have a soft, buoyant texture.
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 19 May 2017
  • 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
  • Wilde thrills at the prospect of movement, setting a pace to match her buoyant mood.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 26 June 2026
  • This is what the whole night felt like — youthful, buoyant, and carefree.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The inflated globe was light and buoyant.
    — Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • For weeks, the mood in much of the United States has been buoyant.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller, Star Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Edwards, meanwhile, is in a buoyant mood.
    — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • When the sun shines on the dark balloons, the air inside heats up and becomes buoyant.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • This add-on set includes five buoyant pieces that attach to the net to keep it above water.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 13 June 2023
  • As a result, the air stays inside, and the tubes remain buoyant.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2026
  • This is how High Tea kicks off its brightest, most buoyant folk pop song yet.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025

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