How to Use centrifugal force in a Sentence

centrifugal force

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Tides are caused by a combination of three forces: the gravitational force from Earth, the force from the moon, and a centrifugal force due to Earth's motion as the moon pulls on it.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 24 Sep. 2021
• This results in a centrifugal force, which pushes thousands of tiny droplets and aerosol particles into the air.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 16 June 2020
• Simply place each can on a table and rotate it along its axis, and the centrifugal force will make the pernicious bubbles go away.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2022
• And yet the album retains Morphine’s signature ruminative sound, one that draws the listener in as if by centrifugal force.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Sep 2024