porousness
- a word derived from porous.
Example Sentences
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Our critic said that the director/choreographer Deborah Colker “vividly uses dance and scenic effects to conjure the porousness of the border between the worlds of the living and the dead.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
A triangulation of deep sensitivity, porousness, and fear produces hypervigilance.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
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
But the porousness of the clay, which keeps the contents so deliciously cool, makes them very brittle.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter
