How to Use center of gravity in a Sentence

center of gravity

noun phrase
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  • Landing on your mid-foot shifts your center of gravity forward, which propels you up and over the mound.
    — Julia Ries, Outside Online, 7 Sep. 2024
  • When mined for drama, Noah’s spirituality isn’t taken seriously enough to serve as its own center of gravity.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
  • In addition, jumping rope forces you to practice stability to prevent unsuitable displacement of your center of gravity to avoid injuries.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
  • When jogging, on the other hand, the center of gravity moves up and down quite a bit with each stride.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The cargo basket in back held a lot of stuff, but the cargo would raise the bike's center of gravity.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Even healthy trees can fall if they are never pruned and have a poor center of gravity!
    — Dr. Nick Goltz, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
  • But the basket did place more of the weight entirely above the wheels, raising the bike's center of gravity.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
  • That large amount of mass down low gives many EVs a low center of gravity that aids handling.
    — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In the third trimester, growing breast size and a changing center of gravity are likely to blame.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The texture suggests a low center of gravity, as though the wine keeps me grounded.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • The Cote d’Azur has emerged as a new center of gravity in the wellness world, with its own fabulous spin on detoxing.
    — Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Cage, by contrast, is on the verge of losing his family, his home, his past, and his center of gravity as a man.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • The Belmont Tunnel was the center of gravity for L.A.’s graffiti culture in the ’80s and ’90s.
    — Salomon Zavala, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The show has always felt like an ensemble, but the center of gravity is this man, Logan.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
  • These included better balance in the shoulders, a more aligned center of gravity from side to side, and a straighter spine.
    — Ashley Mateo, SELF, 28 June 2023
  • Older strollers were known for tipping over because of a poor center of gravity.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • By analyzing the hole in the center, the software was able to pinpoint their center of gravity.
    — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • The Sapphire also does away with the glass canopy roof, replacing it with aluminum, which weighs less and lowers the center of gravity.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The waves of protests indicate that the center of gravity in Kenyan politics has shifted.
    — Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
  • For several decades, the center of gravity in world politics has been shifting away from the West.
    — Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
  • Now, after 50 years living in Britain, Kapoor has begun shifting his center of gravity to Venice.
    — Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The less-upright seats and lower center of gravity make the Ioniq 6 feel more engaging on curvy roads, unlike the Ioniq 5.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Avoid hanging bags on the handlebars as this changes the center of gravity and can encourage tipping.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • Call me a homer, but including the Liberty Bell signifies Philly is the state's center of gravity.
    — Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 12 July 2024
  • For example, one design rule is that the robot’s center of gravity must be below the center of curvature for the feet.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The in-wheel engine means a very low center of gravity, so the bike feels stable and firmly stuck to the road when cornering, if perhaps not as nimble as some machines.
    — WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
  • But the true center of gravity in this war is Ukraine’s economic endurance and prospects, along with the scale and durability of outside support.
    — Lawrence H. Summers, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2023
  • But if balance is the primary issue, look for a walker with a lower center of gravity.
    — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2024
  • At the other end of the real/surreal spectrum, Wang and Liu give their characters a sweet, complex friendship that gives the show a center of gravity.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • Every object has a center of gravity—the point where its mass is evenly distributed.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023

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