How to Use magnetism in a Sentence
magnetism
noun- Much of his success as a politician can be attributed to his personal magnetism.
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Like the electron, the muon spins like a top, and its spin imbues it with magnetism.
— Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 27 Jan. 2021 -
In this process, there is a hidden hand at play: magnetism.
— Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2024 -
But nature had more in store than just two kinds of magnetism.
— Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2021 -
Gone are the days of Julia and Denzel, of charisma and magnetism.
— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2021 -
For much of the first act Mr. Swenson is required to tamp down his easy stage magnetism.
— Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2022 -
Herbert, young and vibrant and strong-armed, has the talent and magnetism to shine.
— Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2022 -
The Sun and Mercury are joining forces in your sign, drawing light and magnetism to you.
— Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2021 -
Kent used changes in Earth's magnetism in the soil to pinpoint the more exact date of the Greenland fossils.
— Seth Borenstein, ajc, 16 Feb. 2021 -
With the Weeknd’s energy and magnetism, the nearly two-hour set felt well-paced.
— Teta Alim, Washington Post, 31 July 2022 -
Over the next several hours and the two days that followed, Williams’ magnetism drew the Bears in further.
— Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024 -
There were signs that Mr. Trump’s magnetism is already ebbing.
— New York Times, 7 Jan. 2021 -
Its matchup with your map depends on Earth’s magnetism.
— Sarah Scoles, Wired, 31 Mar. 2020 -
To those in Paris’s Stade de France, and to the millions more watching on livestreams, there was a magnetism in Thomas’s stage and screen presence.
— Nick Remsen, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Which is not to say that Craig’s magnetism has dimmed or that his gym membership has lapsed.
— New York Times, 29 Sep. 2021 -
But in a court of law, the magnetism that Mr. Trump and Fox News have over their audiences may lose some of its power.
— Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Both have managed to translate their on-stage magnetism to the podcast form (no easy feat).
— Josh Greenblatt, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2021 -
But that basic arc is already familiar enough to be a cliché, and Barhom hasn’t the magnetism of a Tahar Rahim.
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 May 2022 -
The magnetism design can prevents the tips from falling.
— Maren Estrada, BGR, 28 Apr. 2021 -
But over the past two years, some therapists have grown wary of the Lokomat’s power, and its magnetism.
— Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021 -
The crew noticed it first, but the magnetism of two characters didn’t slip past Scott Gimple.
— Anne Easton, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 -
There’s magnetism between them from the start, but Unicorns builds the trust and friendship between them over time.
— Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023 -
With one peek out the window of the team bus, the Angels’ rookie first baseman understood the magnetism of Ohtani.
— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021 -
Sunspots and magnetism in general waxes and wanes in the Sun over 11 years, says Jackiewicz.
— Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 2 July 2022 -
Yet Oaxaca’s magnetism can’t be pinned to any one trend.
— Catherine Tansey, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Feb. 2023 -
Of course, Gomez is no stranger to the undeniable magnetism of the internet.
— Serena Coady, SELF, 8 Apr. 2022 -
But Brandon Scott, who acts with magnetism and danger, is playing a character the movie gives the bum’s rush to.
— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022 -
Pop had come of age as Elvis Presley was ascending the charts, and was moved by Presley’s magnetism.
— Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019 -
More even than magnetism and talent and charm, a force of will that directors like Paul Feig and Luhrmann recognize in her.
— Andrew Sean Greer, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024 -
This loss of oxygen (and oxidized iron) explained the loss of magnetism, which depends on the organization of the electrons in the magnetite.
— Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 19 May 2024
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