How to Use permeability in a Sentence

permeability

noun
  • My reading of it was as a nod to permeability.
    — Hazlitt, 23 Dec. 2025
  • One of the few ways that basement rocks can have high permeability is when there are faults that fracture the rock.
    — Emily Brodsky, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2018
  • End of carousel Think of changes in permeability as a clue that something else may be going on.
    — Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • Your fruits and vegetables are, though the permeability varies by type.
    — Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Their permeability is crucial to the function of organs such as the kidney and liver.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
  • On land, most of America’s crude is produced from shale reservoirs, which trap the oil in rocks with low permeability.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 1 May 2020
  • This permeability would be a recurring feature of his later work.
    — Nikil Saval, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The gut lining, in general, has a certain amount of permeability.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
  • That same permeability means wool pulls hot vapor off your skin and into the fibers themselves, while airflow keeps you from feeling clammy from sweat.
    — Outside Online, 5 Oct. 2022
  • They are made of geotextile fabric, renowned for its water permeability.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • But, of course, if these high permeability faults are used for injection, the chances of having an earthquake skyrocket.
    — Emily Brodsky, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2018
  • Some of these fabrics use higher denier yarn for greater abrasion resistance along with an open weave structure for more air permeability and lighter weight.
    — Outside Online, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Pressure geothermal is deployed in areas with hot, dry, low-permeability rocks.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Then, too, there’s the permeability of the home kitchen — in which chef and diner are often the same person, and guests may come and go, and even help with the stirring and the tasting.
    — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • This will improve permeability, allowing more rainwater to soak into the ground, rather than running off.
    — Daniel Bortz, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
  • Given that permeability, the financial temptation for pop stars to head to Nashville is clear.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2018
  • In humid climates, drying time was less important since moisture was ever-present, but high air permeability that kept air moving was key to comfort.
    — Adam Trenkamp, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
  • When enhancing the quality of soil, large-scale use of machines is often carried out to improve water permeability.
    — Kao Contributor, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • This same change in permeability could also lead to the escape of radon which forms by radioactive decay of elements in certain minerals.
    — Everyday Einstein Sabrina Stierwalt, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Only a small amount can improve the soil’s water permeability and growing conditions for crops by changing the soil into granular form.
    — Kao Contributor, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • For documentaries especially, there is great permeability between the big and small screens.
    — Cara Buckley, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2017
  • There’s a permeability between the practices of writing and moving; one discipline informs the other.
    — Bonnie Tsui, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Glover had attended a conference where a speaker described the low permeability of permafrost — ground that remains frozen for at least two years or, in some cases, thousands.
    — Chris Baraniuk- Knowable Magazine, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2022
  • But the pleasure of these rooms is their permeability to the forest, which at night comes alive with grunting frogs, chirping insects, and the occasional bellow of a howler monkey.
    — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Conventional gas comes from vertical wells drilled into sandstone or limestone reservoirs where the permeability is high enough for gas to flow easily to a well.
    — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Basement rocks are generally low permeability and therefore are not very efficient areas in which to dispose of wastewater.
    — Emily Brodsky, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2018
  • Fashion goes on in an environment that is hyper-aware of the permeability of borders and the interconnectedness of us all.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2020
  • The better independent films are the ones where the filmmakers are aware of this permeability and build it into their working methods and their dramatic subjects.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
  • For example, when testing drying time and air permeability of the best running shirts for men and women, the highest-scoring shirts weren’t always the favorites among our runners.
    — Adam Trenkamp, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The rock's permeability—the ease with which water can flow through it—depends on how extensively its various pores are interconnected.
    — Rob L. Evans, Scientific American, 15 June 2023

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