How to Use inversion in a Sentence

inversion

noun

• Inversion of the two words changes the meaning of the sentence.
• Their stories had a kind of symmetry, were inversions of each other.
  — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
• But, from early on, there’s a tingling, cathartic uneasiness to this inversion.
  — Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
• What’s more, the researchers also found an imbalance in who would benefit from those inversions.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2019
• The inversion or addition of a letter or two creates a whole different meaning.
  — Joy Williams, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
• The inversion occurs when a layer of cooler air is trapped close to the ground by a layer of warmer air that prevents the atmosphere from mixing to clear the air.
  — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 16 Oct. 2019
• Therapy is important, Hugh, and so is this inversion table.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 19 Dec. 2019
• Get our daily newsletter Few economists think a yield curve inversion itself causes a slowdown.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• The odds of an inversion only increase as the hypothetical margin narrows.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2019
• Since then, Wong has undergone a peculiar inversion: as his fame and influence grow overseas, some say his sway on the street has diminished.
  — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2019
• Note: a strong inversion is keeping polluted air near the ground below 1,500 feet Friday.
  — oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2019
• Perhaps more important, each of the past three pre-recession inversions reversed themselves before the ensuing downturn began.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• Was the preceding yield curve inversion anticipating that external shock?
  — Raul Elizalde, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• And currently, the U.S. three-month yield has been higher than the 10-year yield for 22 months, the longest inversion in history.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2024
• The steep drops don’t seem to affect me like the inversions do.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• The inversion of the yield curve also could hurt banks.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 10 Apr. 2022
• That’s kind of a wild inversion of what our values are and what our track record is.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 7 Aug. 2020
• More than a year of inversion in the yield curve between 2-year and 10-year Treasurys.
  — Karen Langley, WSJ, 25 July 2023
• For many Southerners, the arrival of Etheridge and his men was the inversion of that sight.
  — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022
• If the launch speed wasn’t enough, Maxx Force has the world’s fastest inversion as passengers flip in the air at 60 mph.
  — Nic Napier, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2023
• The Cardinals been an inversion of the Chiefs through the season thus far.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2021
• Last week, the inversion on yields reached its widest level since the early 1980s.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• The good news is that a winter storm is expected to break up the inversion next week.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
• The inversion—which last reached these levels a decade ago—has caught traders and investors off guard.
  — Sebastian Pellejero, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
• In a canny act of inversion, we, the ones watching, are winked at and ogled alongside her.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2021
• The storm will scour out the inversion and pollution in Utah’s valleys.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Dec. 2021
• And there’s a fascinating inversion of the film-noir trope of the femme fatale.
  — Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
• But in the wind’s place has come an inversion that has trapped a thick layer of smoke over much of Douglas County.
  — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2020
• The deeper the inversion of the curve, the closer the cycle is to its end, and, barring a soft landing, recession.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
• The inversion is limiting the normal mixing of the air mass.
  — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024