How to Use dense in a Sentence

dense

adjective
  • They cut a path through the dense jungle.
  • In the movie, she plays his kind but somewhat dense aunt.
  • A dense mass of spectators filled the courtroom.
  • That part of the city has a dense population of immigrants.
  • Use one of the nine speeds, including turbo mode for dense foods, to blend, pureé, or mix.
    Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2022
  • For those varieties that grow in full shade, expect that their form to be less dense and more open and airy.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The cake, itself is dense and the flavor is that of the lemon pound cake your grandmother used to make.
    Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Democrats who move into these less dense areas may have a meaningful impact on elections.
    Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Research shows that diets of low-energy-dense foods can help control appetite and meet weight loss goals.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
  • With the machine, the team found that the inflated cells were less dense than the surrounding seawater.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
  • And roughly nine years after each such die-off, the mangrove canopies became unusually dense.
    Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Its lower moisture content produces a less dense mash than yellow potatoes such as Yukon Gold.
    Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Off-leash areas in public parks are also an option, but in dense urban areas around Boston can be few and far between.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Now, green means go and relates to less calorically dense foods, while yellow indicates foods that should be consumed in moderate portions.
    Caroline Picard and Amy Fischer M.s., R.d., Good Housekeeping, 2 Dec. 2022
  • But there are remote sections of the park, and the forest is dense, with a thick understory of rhododendron obscuring terrain beyond the trail.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
  • If traffic is sufficiently dense, the driver behind us must break even harder, and the chain reaction continues backward.
    Byian Mount, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • In dense vegetation and high humidity, simple is more effective.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The driving force behind this drama is a black hole, an extraordinarily dense object with gravity so powerful that not even light can escape.
    Reuters, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The flycatcher breeds in dense riparian vegetation near surface water.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2022
  • When pancreatic disease messes with the organ’s ability to properly manufacture those enzymes, your stool looks paler and becomes less dense.
    Emilia Benton, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The red contour is the dense smoke near the West Coast.
    Anna Buchmann, SFChronicle.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • From late in the first half on, the game was played in a dense fog.
    Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2021
  • The cake was dense and moist, with just the right amount of frosting.
    cleveland, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The higher the weight, the more fiber per square foot, the more dense and durable the carpet.
    Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 13 Feb. 2019
  • The earthy-woody scent is dense and dark and has a burn time of up to 60 hours.
    Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2022
  • That makes the porcelain denser, shinier, and more durable.
    Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The hallmark of a fresh pilsner is the dense, white head.
    Andre Meunier, oregonlive.com, 3 July 2019
  • The City by the Bay has been named the most restaurant-dense city in the country.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023
  • And yet the film is dense with the social, setting it apart.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • The air is so dense, the gas looks like fluid near the surface.
    Gia Yetikyel, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2021

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