How to Use effusion in a Sentence

effusion

noun
  • Her poetic effusions became tiresome.
  • This ebullience of this aubade-style effusion is entirely new.
    — Gregory Dowling, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • Yet for all the racy effusion, the point wasn’t so much self-exposure as self-expression.
    — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Yet for all the racy effusion, the point wasn’t so much self-exposure as self-expression.
    — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The doctor told me that my baby had a pleural effusion, or a fluid in the lining of the lungs.
    — Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Bertans could push for time as a 3-point shooting specialist, but he’s missed the last week with a right knee effusion.
    — Dallas News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Few saw in his Ukraine outbursts anything more than the effusions of a cable-news showman.
    — Simon Shuster/kiev, Time, 3 Oct. 2019
  • In some cases, like mine, the fluid fails to absorb back into your system and you’re left with an effusion.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, at Pavlof, effusion of a small lava dome or flow seems to be continuing as well.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2013
  • The only way to process such tortured effusion is to remember James Comey.
    — Author: Kathleen Parker, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 June 2017
  • The campuses of the West too often loosen up the politics of the young through such immoral effusions.
    — Douglas Murray, National Review, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Strain showed signs of pulmonary edema and pleural effusions, which happens when too much fluid builds up in the lungs and chest cavity.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 18 June 2024
  • Maxi Kleber is listed as probable with a right knee effusion, but is expected to play.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Here are 8 books that reveal covert lives, truths that society forbids or shames, and an effusion of vibrant spirit.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The impact left Rand with six broken ribs, three displaced, pleural effusion and now pneumonia.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2017
  • This was no slick Vegas headliner, with polished stage patter and fake effusions of love for the audience.
    — Richard Zoglin, Time, 23 July 2019
  • Nadine had a pleural effusion — fluid built up between the lung and the chest cavity — that restricted her breathing.
    — J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The current work reinterprets and recreates the youthful artistic visions and effusion.
    — Matthew Larking, CNN, 12 May 2017
  • The bleacher bums behind me began to emit guttural effusions, a sort of existential, yowling yodel.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Shoppers will also notice an effusion of labradorite and diamonds throughout the collection.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Will the weird, jagged, irregular effusions of language gradually be purged?
    — Christopher Soto, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Knee effusion may resolve on its own, but medical treatment can reduce the likelihood of long-term complications.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Schröder had been dealing with right Achilles soreness, Smith with right hip synovitis and Finney-Smith with a left knee effusion.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The Lakers shut down Cam Reddish for more than a week, hoping the time off would speed up his recovery from a left knee effusion injury.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • He was taken by ambulance to a hospital and diagnosed with an effusion, or fracture, according to the report.
    — Lisa Hammersly, Arkansas Online, 1 Dec. 2019
  • However, setbacks and pain have persisted, and the effusion, a collection of fluid around the joint also known as water on the knee, have pushed the target back.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Reddish played just two games before suffering the ankle injury after missing three consecutive games because of left knee effusion (swelling).
    — Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The Puyehue-Cordon Caulle effusion rate is fairly low compared to some other volcanic eruptions.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2011
  • The same goes for Frank Ntilikina (right foot effusion) and Davis Bertans (right knee effusion) who haven’t played this season.
    — Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Sometimes actually seems to be quite often, as the path to the White House has become a blue streak of vulgarity, cuss words and four-letter effusions.
    — Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2019

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