How to Use centrifugal force in a Sentence

centrifugal force

noun
Definition of centrifugal forcenext
  • The centrifugal force threw his foot off the clutch, causing the car to lurch forward and trigger the red light.
    — Michael Knight, azcentral, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Jones scored seven of his points in overtime and was the centrifugal force for a team that lost three starters along the way.
    — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Josh Tupou, the centrifugal force driving the back of Tua’s head into the turf like a hammer.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Here the centrifugal force points away from the axis of rotation, not away from the center of the cloud.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The outward centrifugal force should therefore get the upper hand and widen the eye.
    — Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The design lets the tires hurl water away via centrifugal force.
    — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2016
  • Indeed, tax reform is the holy grail of the GOP, and its centrifugal forces can be felt in both houses.
    — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2017
  • When the engine spins fast enough, centrifugal force overwhelms the springs and pushes them into the drum, pulling it and the chain along.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 24 June 2015
  • Another trend is the rise of centrifugal forces in the United States.
    — William C. Wohlforth, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
  • Manage the dough from the top, and allow gravity and a little centrifugal force to do the work.
    — Carlo Mirarchi, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The centrifugal force alone would reduce him to the size of a soggy jelly bean inside that suit.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2012
  • The centrifugal force of the Earth would pull water from the poles to the equator, raising the water level there by 100 meters.
    — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Meanwhile, the centrifugal force of grief pulled the family apart.
    — Michael Paterniti, GQ, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The mysterious event becomes the centrifugal force of the book.
    — Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • For instance, with a shearing force, the area of the raft was much smaller than when the ants encountered just centrifugal force.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2022
  • The notion he was forced out by Wright has been refuted with a study of the centrifugal force of those two bodies in action.
    — Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • This means that that block of water on Earth’s surface facing the moon would have a centrifugal force of 3.55 Newtons pulling it toward the moon.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Water flows in through the top of the dome-shaped capsule, mixes with espresso through centrifugal force, and then flows out through 20 punctures on the side of the capsule.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2022
  • One assumption is that the Sun is a big ball of gas, and the only forces on it are gravity, pressure, and centrifugal force.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2012
  • Drag near the ground slows the rotation, reducing the centrifugal force pushing the air outward.
    — Jason M. Forthofer, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Particles near the poles had less centrifugal force, so they got pulled down toward the middle, forming a big flat disk.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Rotating cones use centrifugal force to transform the wine into a thin film.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Or maybe, to put it more accurately, the star playing this centrifugal force.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
  • This machine uses centrifugal force that spins at varying speeds to make each type of coffee unique.
    — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The driver’s considerable skills and centrifugal force are keeping you on the track.
    — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2018
  • In the work, the two dancers cycle through the steps methodically, adding the turns and the crouched spin, clutching each other in resistance to the centrifugal force that pulls them apart.
    — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • As the tire's speed builds up centrifugal force stretches the sidewall out, making the tire grow in diameter and reduce in width.
    — Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2013
  • As the minutes go, the clout-chasing Olympics kick off with Rocky and RiRi serving as a centrifugal force, and everyone trying to get their best look at the couple.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2022
  • To be stable, the torque from the gravitational force and the centrifugal force combined must be zero.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 5 July 2024
  • The cord is able to stand up on its own by centrifugal force, allowing a car to travel along the cable, directly from Earth to a space station.
    — Fox News, 14 Oct. 2019

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