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adjective
Ambient  adj.  Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. "Ambient air." "Ambient clouds."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ambient" Quotes from Famous Books



... the first of August,—the hottest, dryest ever known along the lake, yet the dismal fog-horn tooted day after day and night after night when not so much as a single tear could have been wrung from the ambient air. It was all on account of the smoke-clouds that obscured the sun and shut out the horizon weeks at a time, for the whole Northwest was one blaze of forest fires, and Wells grew crabbed and ill tempered at his desk and snapped at his new typewriter until, between ...
— A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike • Charles King

... crowd bends forward now, in fierce excitement's thrall, The pitcher writhes in serpent twist, the umpire says, "Play ball!" The batsman swings with sudden spite,—a loud, resounding "spat," And hissing through the ambient air the horse-hide leaves the bat; With one terrific battle-cry, the "rooter" clears his throat, But still serene ...
— Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse • Joseph C. Lincoln



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