Example Sentences

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“Clear and present dangers tend to offer buoyant forces to a sinking ship,” astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said in an email.

From Washington Times • Apr. 12, 2020

Do fluids exert buoyant forces in a “weightless” environment, such as in the space shuttle?

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Natural convection is driven by buoyant forces: hot air rises because density decreases as temperature increases.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The buoyant forces that cause hot air to rise and cold air to sink don't really work in the absence of gravity.

From Scientific American • Feb. 6, 2012