How to Use oscillation in a Sentence

oscillation

noun

• There has been oscillation between optimism and pessimism among voters.
• These oscillations might have slashed the numbers of squid that the sperm whales eat.
  — National Geographic, 18 Oct. 2016
• These oscillations might have slashed the numbers of squid that the sperm whales eat.
  — National Geographic, 18 Oct. 2016
• But each time the device is powered up, the phase of the oscillation can take on one of two states.
  — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 19 July 2023
• The phase describes where in an oscillation the swing is.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2018
• The oscillation is rarely this intense, and its hold rarely lasts this long.
  — Brian K Sullivan, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
• The phase of this oscillation tells us about the overlap between the two pulses.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2018
• The length of the oscillation from the eastern limit to the western limit is four and a half inches.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
• But even in that rhythm, in that oscillation of the economy, things change.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2017
• The higher the rate of oscillation, the more complex those figures will be.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2022
• The storm’s the large wind field means that oscillations east or west will affect the storm’s severity on land.
  — Eric Zerkel, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
• Whether the oscillation shifts to neutral this summer or to a La Niña remains to be seen.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
• What is the odd oscillation that sets these crystals apart?
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
• With these alpha waves suppressed, Neely says, the slower oscillations, like the theta waves of light sleep, take over.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
• On fan mode, the device cools a room down with its 350-degree oscillation.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• The oscillations indicate the size of space at every distance away from Earth — and thus at any point back in time.
  — Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2013
• Give your great flings a space in your future oscillations.
  — Maggie Lange, The Cut, 25 Sep. 2017
• Barry tested the model in a bathtub and would count the number of oscillations and time how long the model rocked.
  — Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 3 Apr. 2018
• The space heater has two settings — high heat and low heat — an adjustable timer, and a wide oscillation that helps to further push hot air into the room.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
• Either way, Hu thinks the oscillations could be responsible for at most one-third of the wind speedup.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 5 Feb. 2020
• In many species, this oscillation occurs in a 20-or-so-year cycle.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024
• His playing centers on heavy oscillations between the strong and weak beats, and never lets up on a groove.
  — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
• This time around, the researchers looked to boost gamma oscillations from inside, rather than outside, the brain.
  — New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
• The fan makes cooling down your home a breeze, with 90-degree wide-angle oscillation that provides cool air to both large and small rooms.
  — Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
• But not much has created quite as much stir and oscillation between good and bad as the humble egg.
  — Matthew Kadey Rd, Outside Online, 7 May 2021
• The clothes are washed by the oscillation of a rocking chair, the rocking being effected by the hands of the operator, which grasp a hand bar, as shown.
  — Dan Schlenoff, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2021
• To start, the researchers compared the waves to the sound oscillations produced by a musician standing in a music hall.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2023
• Think of it this way: light is an optical oscillation made up of photons.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 June 2019
• Thanks to its 90-degree oscillation, the fan covers plenty of ground.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
• There’s a new running dashboard in the Fitbit app, which breaks down more advanced metrics like stride length, cadence, vertical oscillation, and other insights into your running performance.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024