The Black woman is there to act as the' shock absorber'.

She even felt one of them herself, which, given the car's shock absorbers, meant they were strong indeed.

There are two types of shock absorber in common use.

Of the five road wheels each side, four had shock absorbers.

And there were things that looked like giant shock absorbers.

Earlier this year, problems were reported with the trains' shock absorbers.

"We're fine, but you need a new set of shock absorbers."

One of the shock absorbers had come loose and fallen off.

Shock absorbers were of the lever type for the early years only.

You want a really good shock absorber system between the plate and the ship.

Even second hand springs and shock absorbers are at a premium.

Make sure that the shock absorbers are of equal tension.

The choice of shock absorbers and springs is made easier.

To understand how this works, it's best to look inside a shock absorber to see its structure and function.

Before that he used to handle the family business which deals with shock absorbers.

A length of rubber is often included in each line as a shock absorber.

The later 502 model had a full fork with motorcycle shock absorbers.

It is typically used as a shock absorber in sports shoes, for example.

I wish there was more than just one way to test those shock absorbers."

Every joint comes with a natural shock absorber in the form of cartilage.

Put 11,000 of them into each tower, as Robertson did, and they became a very good shock absorber.

The building is also equipped with 65 seismic shock absorbers.

This will act as a shock absorber for your knees in addition to helping control and support them.

She'd used the pod as a shock absorber: good technique.

Three passengers on a motorcycle was going to kill his shock absorbers.

Each development alone would have been a shock not so long ago.

The shock still has not got out of my system, you know.

Friends of the couple said the news was a shock.

For the first three weeks, most of our people were in shock.

For many of these kids, coming into college is a real shock to their system.

But first, he has to get over the shock of the last few days.

For some parents, the recent news came as a shock.

Some who knew him well say they are still in a state of shock.

And very often what the person really is comes as a shock.

She was at the far side of the room now, her face white with shock.

The first had been to give him something for the shock.

His shock would not let him believe what she was saying.

She's said to be in a great state of shock.

But his new job came as a bit of shock.

But the news has come as a total shock for many people.

I think she must have been in a state of shock.

The whole town was still in a state of shock.

She needed rest and time to get over the shock.

Her death had come as a great shock to him.

I was probably just in a state of shock at the time.

A second shock came when he looked down at his body.

When I look at them they give me a shock.

Her father had come home in a state of shock.

The shock of a dead father was enough for one day.

Perhaps his death came as a great shock to you.

Several Republicans seemed to put a damper on the idea.

But they wanted to trade me, which kind of put a damper on the whole thing.

But it's not going to put a damper on what kind of year we had.

I just had time to hit the dampers and get out.

Such problems, however, do not seem to have put a damper on sales.

Their presence in a room put a damper on everyone and everything.

"That does put a damper on our relationship," the man in black said then.

That rather put a damper on the conversation for a while.

How could she have put a damper on his pleasure?

Not forever, but for the moment, which would act as a damper.

They must have a sophisticated damper system of some kind.

"But when I got hit by that line drive, it really put a damper on everything."

She'd worked with dampers as part of her training and never liked them.

I'm not trying to put a damper on your celebration.

This kind of thing can put a damper on the job hunt.

The dampers are free to move a few feet relative to the floor.

We like to travel, and it's put a damper on all that.

That would really put a damper on our trip to Mexico.

The presence of the man cast a damper on everything.

My age, however, did seem to put a damper on his enthusiasm.

I didn't mean to put a damper on our day.

He jerked on the damper and the big car shot forward.

It had put a real damper on his phone call to Patricia.

If you have a fireplace, close the damper when it's not in use.

"Hopefully I will put a damper on all of their plans."

The very first view of the house put a dampener on our mood.

The global financial crisis has certainly thrown a dampener on this growth, though.

She thrust her hand inside and grabbed the signal dampener.

"Do what we did before when you reset the dampeners.

It acts as a dampener while the energy goes through the injectors.

He concentrated on the dampeners, but nothing was working.

If the weather's putting a dampener on your beach holiday plans, it's a great place to head.

He had a brief struggle with the dampener, which was heavy and awkward.

Resting in the second officer's lap was one of the signal dampeners.

The inertial dampeners struggled to keep up with the sudden change.

She detached an energy dampener from her belt and primed it.

"Not a chance," said Riley, putting a dampener on any optimism.

Not even a general election can put a dampener on the property market this spring - at least, that's what the latest figures show.

Had they been immobilized by the energy dampeners too?

Straight pipes have no noise dampeners at all, in direct defiance of the law.

It's as if a dampener has been placed on the fires of the America's Cup.

Tan Bao did likewise as he pulled the dampener free.

The signal dampener thudded onto the mud in front of him.

This section of corridor is protected by sensor dampeners and force fields.

I can never see why people refuse to give autographs, for example- it puts such a dampener on things.

He slung the strap of a dampener rifle over his shoulder.

She slung the dampener over her shoulder, scrambled up the ladder.

Other manufacturers later used similar slide elements as "vibration dampeners".

The most significant dampener has been the recession.

But rain can be a dampener for beach worshipers.

Several Republicans seemed to put a damper on the idea.

But they wanted to trade me, which kind of put a damper on the whole thing.

But it's not going to put a damper on what kind of year we had.

I just had time to hit the dampers and get out.

Such problems, however, do not seem to have put a damper on sales.

Their presence in a room put a damper on everyone and everything.

"That does put a damper on our relationship," the man in black said then.

That rather put a damper on the conversation for a while.

How could she have put a damper on his pleasure?

Not forever, but for the moment, which would act as a damper.

They must have a sophisticated damper system of some kind.

"But when I got hit by that line drive, it really put a damper on everything."

She'd worked with dampers as part of her training and never liked them.

I'm not trying to put a damper on your celebration.

This kind of thing can put a damper on the job hunt.

The dampers are free to move a few feet relative to the floor.

We like to travel, and it's put a damper on all that.

That would really put a damper on our trip to Mexico.

The presence of the man cast a damper on everything.

My age, however, did seem to put a damper on his enthusiasm.

I didn't mean to put a damper on our day.

He jerked on the damper and the big car shot forward.

It had put a real damper on his phone call to Patricia.

If you have a fireplace, close the damper when it's not in use.

"Hopefully I will put a damper on all of their plans."

Several Republicans seemed to put a damper on the idea.

But they wanted to trade me, which kind of put a damper on the whole thing.

But it's not going to put a damper on what kind of year we had.

I just had time to hit the dampers and get out.

Such problems, however, do not seem to have put a damper on sales.

Their presence in a room put a damper on everyone and everything.

"That does put a damper on our relationship," the man in black said then.

That rather put a damper on the conversation for a while.

How could she have put a damper on his pleasure?

Not forever, but for the moment, which would act as a damper.

They must have a sophisticated damper system of some kind.

"But when I got hit by that line drive, it really put a damper on everything."

She'd worked with dampers as part of her training and never liked them.

I'm not trying to put a damper on your celebration.

This kind of thing can put a damper on the job hunt.

The dampers are free to move a few feet relative to the floor.

We like to travel, and it's put a damper on all that.

That would really put a damper on our trip to Mexico.

The presence of the man cast a damper on everything.

My age, however, did seem to put a damper on his enthusiasm.

I didn't mean to put a damper on our day.

He jerked on the damper and the big car shot forward.

It had put a real damper on his phone call to Patricia.

If you have a fireplace, close the damper when it's not in use.

"Hopefully I will put a damper on all of their plans."

The air he let in was damp but not cold.

I had just come in from the damp and the cold.

A couple of minutes later she was on her way down into the damp city.

Everything we'd done up to now had left her very damp and ready for me.

For all their work, the house was still damp, dark and cold.

Out in the damp night air I consider my position.

The air was cold and damp, but it felt good.

This country was much more damp than the other two.

The floor was a bit damp but I could put up with that.

The sound of the car died away quickly in the damp night air.

He still held her hand, but it seemed to have gone cold and damp.

The wall does not appear to be damp at all.

The cold and the damp rose up all around her.

They were still damp, but I could only hope my body heat would take care of that.

"All they need is a damp environment to start growing."

The race was in damp conditions but nothing changed at the start.

It was a warm day for the season, though damp.

A bit of damp in a bad corner and I'm happy.

The wood had been too long on the damp ground.

Probably wanted to change, get out of the damp dress.

It seemed damp and heavy against the side of her head.

The hair was damp at the back of his neck.

Even here in the house, the air felt thick and damp.

Our field was damp, but not too soft to take off.

"Maybe they've got better things to do on a cold, damp night like this."

My days in the damps had been short on both.

I am still unused to the damps of this dungeon!

And only a fool would go to sea, exposing his frame to the falling damps.

Damp has also released Mostly harmless (songs) in 2003.

The shouts would have roused the damps, let alone the modest dining area.

And I had thought the damps were rank!

Get rid of those damps spots as well.

Damp is a formidable enemy and too much warmth as great a one, especially where leather bindings are concerned.

Damp would of course have removed this.

Not to mention hunting naked in the bogs and damps, Roland thought.

Damp was choking the baffles of the firing mechanism.

I trust this is not a wound, or a rheumatism from the falling damps?"

I find your brother's house desolate: the furniture removed, and the walls stained with damps.

Richard strained against the damps of the chair.

Damp isn't a major problem; we are high on the site and there is the moat to take away any surface water.'

Little Damp was still dry, except for a few spray pools, where wavelets were starting to splash over.

"Cold and Damp" was recorded in 1999.

Miners have traditionally referred to the various gases encountered during mining as damps.

Silence meant people, and the kind of people that went to the damps were not the kind I wanted to meet in the dark.

Now it was his turn to laugh, his face half buried in the smooth damps of her neck.

Damp is an alternate term for Moisture.

Damp is death to me.

Damp has a bat familiar called Vesper.

"And do you always go walking through the dews and the damps when you want to clear your head?"

A draught of this Medoc will defend us from the damps."

How could one damp out the very force of life itself?

We can go back in and damp it out just like that.

It had clearly been hot and damp down here for a long time.

The air made the clean ones damp before I had put them on.

Have had maybe a few days of dull and damp all summer.

She could hear the anger in her own voice and tried to damp it down.

No, your role is to keep it all damped down.

The best they can do is keep the fire damped down.

It may be they will shield Earth or damp the sun.

It was enough to damp the sound down so the local residents continued to sleep.

But not even the thought of a cross uncle could damp them today.

"So," she said after a moment, looking back to him, her blue eyes damp.

But rising prices could go a long way to damp demand.

It was cool and damp down here in the cellar.

But the chapel would be cool and damp this time of day.

The pilot did not immediately work to damp the roll.

Meanwhile, there is very little extra oil to put on the market to damp prices.

It wasn't particularly damp out, not to her way of thinking.

"That says you can damp out a nuclear reaction at a distance."

But moving even large objects in Time sets up changes that damp out.

Light might damp out, and radar, but sound was in its element here.

Is there a way you can damp out their transmissions from town?

Or your sinuses might close up because it's so damp down here.

He looked around; were the walls damp in here too, or was it his imagination?

Yeah cold and damp that's the two things that it doesn't like.