How to Use shock absorber in a Sentence

shock absorber

noun

• The car needs new shock absorbers.
• The front of the skull has thick, spongy bone that acts as a shock absorber.
  — National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2020
• The guard will work like a shock absorber to help take the pressure off the teeth.
  — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 24 Aug. 2021
• The role of fixed income is to act as a shock absorber when stocks tank.
  — Allan S. Roth, WSJ, 7 July 2017
• This leash has a double shock absorber to help provide a bit of give in the leash.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 25 June 2021
• A wee spring, like a shock absorber, was added to the filaments.
  — Jamie Holmes, Wired, 4 Aug. 2020
• The meniscus is a piece of cartilage in the knee that acts as a shock absorber.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
• And ankle joints serve as shock absorbers for the body, with a very small surface area to bear the weight.
  — Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2017
• The meniscus is a piece of cartilage that serves as a shock absorber for the knee joint.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2022
• The blood has a high water content, and water acts as a shock absorber for the brain.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2023
• The shock absorbers have three settings — normal, sport and off-road.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2018
• The curved shape also acts as a de facto shock absorber.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2023
• The meniscus is a piece of cartilage that acts as a shock absorber for the knee joint — the bigger the person, the bigger the strain.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2021
• The knee that for years has been a vital shock absorber during Marquis' rise to one of the best moguls skiers on the planet.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2018
• Hidden under the seat is its single shock absorber, which helps to soften the blows from the bumpy roads.
  — Elliot Richards, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2023
• The researchers think that the interstitium acts as a sort of shock absorber.
  — Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2018
• Williams was a performer openly daunted by the task at hand, a shock absorber.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021
• This network could act as shock absorber for other parts of the body, researchers said.
  — Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2018
• These discs, which act as shock absorbers, are a little bit like jelly donuts.
  — Nina Bahadur, SELF, 28 Mar. 2018
• The good news here is that most investors don’t seem to be panicking, which should act as a shock absorber for the market.
  — Michael Del Castillo, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• Practice has been over for more than half an hour and Travis Braden is still working on a shock absorber from his race car.
  — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2019
• As a result, small wheel movements that were lost in the bushings before reaching the shock absorbers on the C4 are fully damped on the C5.
  — Jim Frenak, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• The foam layers act as shock absorbers which helps to extend the life and durability of the switches.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• In between those vertebrae are discs, which help cushion the bones in your spine—sort of like shock absorbers for your body.
  — Emily Becker, womenshealthmag.com, 3 June 2023
• That winter layer that keeps you warm also works as a shock absorber.
  — Luke Darby, GQ, 23 Feb. 2018
• Rubber shock absorbers make cutting feel smooth and easy.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
• For much of spring and early summer, Harris was serving as a shock absorber for Biden.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2021
• Articular cartilage covers the ends of bones and acts as a shock absorber in the joints.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• The shock absorber and spring manage weight and smaller cracks in the road, but larger undulations do result in some rafting effects.
  — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
• Its suspension uses adaptive shock absorbers and air springs to offer a ride that is comfortable in normal settings, stiff for sporty driving.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024