Porous in a sentence

In diffuse-porous woods In the diffuse-porous woods, the demarcation between rings is not always so clear and in some cases is almost (if not entirely) invisible to the unaided eye.

A former pollster for former President Bill Clinton said Friday that the Biden administration was scrambling to “clean” up the chaos on the “porous” southern border before the 2024 election.

After 3:45 p.m., however, the school is more porous as doors are opened for public meetings and other activities, she said.

And they will do so often using phony documentation, like their parents, in order to slide through the porous US immigration system.

Better border inspections aren’t a bad idea, but they won’t bother the thousands of illegal immigrants who sneak across our porous border every week carrying backpacks filled with undeclared goods.

Biochar is lightweight — like popcorn — and porous like a sponge, which is why it already has an international market.

Biochar particles are incredibly porous, creating nooks and crannies that hold onto excess nutrients, water, and microbes.

Coach Sean McVay’s success with the Rams is undeniable, but with a young and porous defense the Rams are going to need to score a lot of points to compete.

Cytosorbents Corporation engages in the research, development, and commercialization of medical devices with its blood purification technology platform incorporating a proprietary adsorbent and porous polymer technology.

Finally, always look out for safety considerations when choosing a rabbit—materials like body-safe silicone or non-porous ABS plastic will be your best bet as they’re less likely to contain harmful chemicals that could irritate sensitive areas.

For Professor Brown, the line between private and public life was porous.

Glass is porous and absorbs the minerals from hard water very easily, which is what causes the cloudy appearance.

Groups in Myanmar are at the heart of this trade, most prominently Shan state – a war-torn region in the country’s east sharing a long, porous border with Laos.

Healthy productive roses need a healthy, porous, organically rich soil that drains well and is mulched to retain water.

However, the Panthers struggled to run the football, the team had eight false start penalties and the defense was porous in a 37-27 loss.

It feels like the boundaries are so porous among genres that I’m not sure what I read the most of.

It is also highly interconnected with porous borders, heavily reliant on tourism, and susceptible to climatic change and disasters.

It’s very likely that a plume of this bulk would not form on a monolithic asteroid, and that the observed effect is a distinct consequence of Dimorphos’s porous nature.

Overall, the candidates made efforts to express their positions on topics like the economy, the war between Ukraine and Russia, abortion, and the porous southern border.

South Africa’s borders are already porous in terms of people coming in and products are now going to come in through other avenues as well,” he said.