1.   A well-designed sports shoe should absorb the impact on your feet.

2.   Apparently, this made the conker more malleable, allowing it to absorb the impact of my prize pickled nut.

3.   The suit had absorbed the impact.

4.   ...footwear which does not absorb the impact of the foot striking the ground.

5.   From the ground floor of the church the viewer absorbs the impact of the immense church.

6.   Moreover, where a pension fund is in surplus it may be able to absorb the impact of this change in dividend credits.

7.   Because of their soft cores, both World Trade Center towers successfully absorbed the impact of a large jetliner, as their architect once boasted they could.

8.   Before drivers had a choice between soft and firm, but the new system is continuously variable to help absorb road impact.

9.   Breaking apart absorbs the impact from the crash and helps protect the driver.