How to Use elasticity in a Sentence

elasticity

noun
  • These stretchy fibers will burn up in high heat and lose their elasticity.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This will help preserve its elasticity and keep it in good shape for many swims to come.
    — Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2026
  • So price elasticity, along with the demand curve, is out of whack.
    — Greg Petro, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Nguyen likened it to a waistband that gets stretched out and loses it elasticity.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Reid’s best songs have an elasticity and sense of surprise and logic all their own.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Reid’s best songs have an elasticity and sense of surprise and logic all their own.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • This loss of elasticity can, over time, cause your sports bras to be less supportive.
    — Julia Ries, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
  • This process will help the dough achieve a better elasticity and avoid crumbling.
    — Caron Golden, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 July 2017
  • This leaves the torsion bars as the only source of elasticity.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 July 2017
  • Then, there’s the argan fruit, which targets the loss of elasticity and fat.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Using a pea-sized amount on your face and neck after your cleanser will help boost your skin’s elasticity.
    — Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Using a pea-sized amount on your face and neck after your cleanser will help boost your skin’s elasticity.
    — Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
  • This may be obvious, but elasticity refers to your hair’s snap-back.
    — Talia Gutierrez, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The result is a light and chewy texture with a hint of elasticity under the smoky char.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva and Tyler Fox, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Years will wear away the color of your hair, dull the bounciness of your joints, erase the elasticity of your skin.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The pen’s elasticity is a regression to the mean from each of us buying it.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Smith most recommends the oil for those with dry or aging skin that needs a boost of elasticity.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 May 2026
  • Smith most recommends the oil for those with dry or aging skin that needs a boost of elasticity.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 28 June 2025
  • In the morning, she’s left with glowy skin with improved elasticity.
    — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The six shades adapt to your skin tone, and oxygenating complex works to boost elasticity.
    — Erin Jahns, The Seattle Times, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Oat straw extract steps in to repair the overall elasticity of hair, too.
    — Natasha Marsh, Allure, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Gluten also lends bread dough its stretch and elasticity, leading to loaves that rise high instead of blobs that fall flat.
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appétit, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This serum, which targets fine lines and elasticity, is packed with fruit enzymes which help to firm and brighten the skin.
    — Akili King, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Does a stretch of the imagination have that kind of elasticity?
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 May 2021
  • So rehearsals is just about trying the elasticity with the actors.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Across all skin shades, exosomes will help even skin tone, texture, and elasticity.
    — Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The goal is a spongy elasticity that can absorb all that life throws at a body, even that of an aging quarterback.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2021
  • There was an increase in elasticity, and a slight lift of lines and creases; and this was only after one use.
    — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Your puffiness will be gone, and the firmness and elasticity of your skin will return with this eye cream in your routine.
    — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 2 May 2024
  • Bo Nix ditched his uneven past, and the defense showed elasticity but refused to snap.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025

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