Example Sentences

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Digital surveillance lacks that drama because it happens silently, bureaucratically, and invisibly.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

They tend to form gradually as confidence begins to fracture, often invisibly at first.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Most of the air pollution I was breathing in came from traffic – billowing invisibly out of exhaust pipes, but also released by the wear and tear of tyres and brakes.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Repetition often arrives quietly during periods of grief, or intense work, or winter or caretaking — times when energy is being spent elsewhere, often invisibly.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

It’s as though we’re all clouds of gas, optical illusions—like how spokes on a spinning bicycle wheel blur invisibly into a solid barrier between hereandthere, thisside and thatside.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith