Example Sentences

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I think there’s definitely less porousness in Dana and less willingness to give her whole self over to situations the way that she did — to always put herself last.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

The porousness of the border is apparent about 20 miles down the road, at the Kapitan Andreevo crossing, uniting Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey - the busiest such border in Europe.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

Huang explained the process allows manufacturers to 3D print multi-material parts with spatially tunable, multi-scale porosity, which means creating structures that have different kinds of substances at different locations and with varied levels of porousness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

Both theaters have highlighted the sophistication and deadliness of current targeting systems, and the porousness of current defense systems.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2023

It can be so woven as to be almost as porous as wool, and to retain that porousness even when saturated with perspiration.

From A Handbook of Health by Hutchinson, Woods