How to Use permeable in a Sentence

permeable

adjective
  • The cell has a permeable membrane.
  • The plastic wrap is permeable enough for air to get in.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • As such, our walls should feel permeable for anyone, not just our clients.
    — Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The egg’s shell is semi-permeable, which means that over time, air can get in.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • One way to do that would be to use an electrical field to make the cells permeable.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 11 July 2018
  • The rock is permeable and covered with a fragile sandy-clay film.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • For many pathogens, the borders between species are as permeable as a sponge.
    — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Some are lethal, some are exploitative, some are permeable to love.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2022
  • And their skin can become more permeable when in a wet diaper.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Wombs and homes, as permeable spaces, put the unborn and children at grave risk.
    — Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The outer parts of the fish must be permeable to allow the moisture to escape.
    — Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 30 July 2024
  • Fire itself can weaken or kill plants and make the soil less permeable, so rain is more likely to run off, not soak in.
    — New York Times, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Tuff, which is soft and porous and formed out of volcanic ash, is topped by basalt, which is harder and less permeable.
    — Katie Kitamura, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
  • There are also limits to how thick and permeable the suits can be, since a thicker suit helps trap air that gives jumpers more lift.
    — Kristen Gelineau, chicagotribune.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Bone isn’t permeable to sound waves, so Forest plans to embed its device in the skull.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The garden is low-water, while the pathways and the front driveway are permeable.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022
  • This year’s brick pavilion was conceived as a rhythmic structure that shifts from opaque to permeable.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
  • Mill Street will be reconstructed with trees and permeable pavers to slow runoff.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The boundary between patient and doctor was permeable from the start.
    — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The brewery will also feature a stage for live music and a permeable patio.
    — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The bags, like burritos the length of a football field, are semi-permeable, so water can flow out of it.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In Brisbane, that boundary is more permeable.
    — Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
  • In Caswell’s world, as in Meryl’s, limits are always permeable.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • If there's still standing water after 24 hours, the soil isn't permeable enough.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Popular Mechanics, 30 May 2017
  • Cover the pipe with a water-permeable fabric to keep out dirt and a layer of gravel, then backfill the soil.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2021
  • One area where the Stars shined against the Wild’s permeable defense was in transition.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • In such a crisis, the boundaries of identity become more permeable and the sense of self expands.
    — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 25 July 2019
  • Heat and dehydration also draw more blood away from the gut, making the lining more permeable.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The run rests on 12-inch-deep permeable pebbles so Richards can sweep and hose the path when necessary.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Gases trapped deep under the permafrost can migrate up through permeable zones or fractures in the ground and collect in the talik.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 23 Sep. 2020

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