How to Use counterclockwise in a Sentence

counterclockwise

adverb

• Rotate slightly for a slower, more precise task, turn farther to amp up the speed, or tilt the tool counterclockwise to reverse the driver.
  — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2024
• Winds move counterclockwise around centers of storms, thus winds on the east side of Jose are from the south.
  — Anthony R. Wood, Philly.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• The car spun counterclockwise off the ride side of the highway, struck rocks and rolled over, police said.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 26 May 2017
• And to raise it, turn the saddle screws counterclockwise.
  — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 7 Dec. 2018
• Low pressure to the west will give the south winds a boost; winds blow counterclockwise around low centers.
  — Anthony R. Wood, Philly.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• As a storm approaches the city, winds--which move counterclockwise around the center of the storm--come in from the southeast.
  — Joe Barrett, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
• The first car spun counterclockwise and struck a mailbox while the second car went off the side of the roadway and into a front yard.
  — Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 29 June 2017
• Set your fans to move counterclockwise in the summer and clockwise in the winter.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
• There is one tricky thing to figure out—should the cat move clockwise or counterclockwise?
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 3 June 2019
• The same goes for outdoor fans, which should turn counterclockwise.
  — USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
• The train struck the left rear of the trash truck, causing it to spin counterclockwise and hit a railroad signal bungalow.
  — Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
• Next, quickly pass the weight around your body five times clockwise and then five times counterclockwise.
  — Christine Yu, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2018
• Turn these levers all the way counterclockwise until the vise moves freely on its base, Next, slide the handle on the movable jaw all the way to the side and use the handle to turn the vise on its base.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2023
• Do 25 reps, then repeat counterclockwise for the same amount.
  — Sara Angle, Outside Online, 3 May 2018
• The train struck the left rear of the truck, causing the truck to rotate counterclockwise and then collide with a railroad signal bungalow next to the tracks.
  — CBS News, 21 Feb. 2018
• The direction is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, leading to winds that come out of the northeast — a Nor’easter.
  — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2019
• At the high altitudes, counterclockwise-spinning high pressure is present, shunting the jet stream to the south.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
• With small, rapid jumps, hop counterclockwise through the quadrants for 30 seconds.
  — Kim Cross, Outside Online, 6 Apr. 2020
• The police car spun counterclockwise and struck the two officers.
  — Catherine Marfin, Dallas News, 14 May 2020
• So now, with only two other forces, the only way for their torques to offset is for one to pull clockwise and the other to pull counterclockwise.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 25 Apr. 2020
• The male penis is counterclockwise coiled, and the female vagina in species with large penises is clockwise coiled.
  — Michael Forsberg, National Geographic, 18 June 2017
• The study found that three groups of fibers were separated and twisted clockwise like an S and once twisted, the strands were twined counterclockwise to form a cord.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Apr. 2020
• Zoli and Brunet walked clockwise inside the queue as passengers were funneled counterclockwise along the outside of the queue.
  — Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• One calls for cutting a potato in half across its width, pressing it over the socket, and twisting it counterclockwise.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• They're used to keep nuts and bolts that rotate counterclockwise from working themselves off.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2016
• Make sure the blades are running counterclockwise for a cooling effect.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• When the dog days of summer finally arrive, make sure your fans are set to spin counterclockwise at higher speeds.
  — Katina Beniaris, Country Living, 9 May 2017
• Without touching your knee to the ground, reverse the motion and do 10 circles counterclockwise.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 30 Jan. 2018
• To keep the deck open throughout the renovation, construction will be done in sections, moving counterclockwise one-sixth of the saucer at a time.
  — Bridget Hallinan, CNT, 11 Oct. 2017
• This is a zone of low pressure spinning away over the southern Tennessee Valley within a dip in the jet stream, that spins counterclockwise.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024