ADJECTIVE
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(of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance
the sorbed oil mass
large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium
How To Use sorbed In A Sentence
- AERONET is a global network of more than 100 sun photometers that measure the amount of sunlight absorbed by aerosols (fine particles in the air) at wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared.
- Both groups are forced to suffer the prejudices that have been fuelled by the tabloids and absorbed by an uninformed public.
- He eyed the coming tide with an absorbed attention.
- Fructose is absorbed more slowly than glucose and galactose. The Dictionary of Nutritional Health
- Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
- The cream is easily absorbed into the skin.
- Magnesium chelates, another supplement option, are easily absorbed.
- The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.
- The exchange continued for a little over a year, until both men became absorbed in other projects, but while it lasted, Mr. Neumeyer says, "we were both sparked into spurts of vivifying and shared creativity. Gorey's Flights of Fancy
- The game's protagonist, Laharl, a self-absorbed demon who also happens to be prince to the throne of the netherworld, is as unlikely a ‘hero’ as one could expect.