Examples of “saturation” in a Sentence

noun The state or process of being completely filled or soaked, with no room for more.

• The sponge reached saturation and could not hold any more water.
• Farmers worry about field saturation after several days of constant rain.
• The soil reached saturation after the storm.

noun The intensity or purity of a color.

• Lower the saturation if the colors on your screen look too bright.
• The painter chose a low saturation to give the scene a soft, faded feeling.
• Increasing the saturation made the photo look more vivid.

noun The point at which a market is so full that further growth becomes difficult.

• Saturation in the coffee shop market makes it hard for new owners to succeed.
• Analysts say the phone market is near saturation because almost everyone already owns one.
• Market saturation forced the company to look overseas for growth.