Sentence examples for acting as a cushion from inspiring English sources

Also acting as a cushion for European exchanges today was the fact that many had been trading at three-year lows even before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Its first job is to absorb losses, acting as a cushion to protect those who have entrusted the bank with their money from the mistakes of those who own and run it.

In the anime, it is capable of flight, teleportation, shapeshifting, summoning giant pink bubbles of psychic energy (which serve various purposes such as closing itself in for protection, acting as a cushion, or simply for Mew's amusement of bouncing on), and rendering itself invisible.

The Hayloft in the Coach House building is huge, a suite compromising two bedrooms and a sitting room, with an over-sized angle-poise lamp acting as a focus and big cushions scattered around the floor.

Acquia is just acting as a partner.

Agnes began acting as a teenager.

Gyllenhaal, 33, started acting as a child.

Cushioning is unfair to both your current partner and the person acting as your cushion, said Samantha Burns, a dating coach and the author of Breaking Up & Bouncing Back.

Oil is acting as an alternative currency.

A bursa is a membrane near a joint that acts as a cushion between the muscle and bone.

The shadow economy, in other words, can act as a cushion when times are tough.