Sentence examples for but also absorb from inspiring English sources

The cards not only provide a stark background but also absorb light and provide the desired shadowing.

The current regulator can not only charge the HTS coil, but also absorb the energy from the system and the coil to compensate the voltage sags through the converter.

The synergetic modifications of the Zr/Ti elements not only stabilize the crystal structure, but also absorb the lithium residues to form mixed Li4Ti5O12/Li2TiO3 coating layers, which strengthen the stability of the interfacial structure and the kinetic characteristics of the cathode materials.

Oysters, which can act as natural water filters but also absorb toxins from their habitat, present something of a Catch-22: scientists say that growing them could play a major role in returning the bay to health, but state regulators, obliged to prevent dangerous seafood from reaching consumers, say the water is too polluted to allow it.

Other designers, like Christine Ten Eyck, a landscape architect, are replacing asphalt driveways and other hard surfaces with permeable ones, like gravel or crushed granite, and replacing lawn with terraced beds filled with plants that not only can take heat and drought but also absorb and hold water.

At the end of the 30's, the protean Ellington needed a lieutenant, someone who not only could arrange music for his world-famous big band but also absorb his eccentric style to finish the many pieces he started and quickly abandoned.

He stayed put, earning a handsome salary but also absorbing the flak.

10.08pm: We have about 13 minutes to go before it starts, so I'll fill in with some updates since yesterday's liveblog, which was themed on transport but also absorbed the LBC hustings.

Soot hangs around for just a few days; but also absorbs heat and, when it falls to the ground on snow-covered mountain ranges, increases the amount sunlight abosrbed, which makes snow and ice melt faster.

Situated at the end of a long trade route spanning the Eurasian continent, the three Korean kingdoms of Koguryo (37 BCE-668), Paekche (18 BCE-663), and Silla (57 BCE-935) not only benefited from the intellectual sophistication of the Buddhist thought system, but also absorbed the numerous continental cultural products and ideas carried by Buddhist monks.

But she does, taking in the horror of the funeral home and its metal table without flinching and then pushing forward, still dry eyed, still determined, taking on life with an appealing (and enviable) toughness and grace that make this difficult story not just bearable but also absorbing.