How to Use trajectory in a Sentence

trajectory

noun

• And along the way, change the trajectory of our own lives.
  — Jim Olson, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2020
• That was the thing that changed the trajectory of our show.
  — Clarkisha Kent, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• If anything might shift the polls or the trajectory of the race, that might be it.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
• The trajectory is there if the Ducks care to meld into the kind of team that wants to seize it and do big things.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2021
• The outdoors can be the best way to launch on this trajectory.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
• If there was any year for the Frogs to change the trajectory of their program, 2023 was it.
  — Charles Baggarly, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2023
• None of the other 14 songs on our list had the same trajectory.
  — Philip Bump, star-telegram.com, 6 June 2017
• This will tell us more about the trajectory the group is on.
  — Cate Huston, Quartz at Work, 19 Aug. 2019
• The move, in many ways, altered the trajectory of the program.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
• How much would this delay change the trajectory of the ball?
  — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 10 July 2019
• The trajectory was bloodless; the ball spent most of its trip rolling lazily along the ground.
  — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 15 June 2018
• The whole trajectory of life is to move out of the shadows, out of darkness, into the light.
  — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• Instead of a west-to-east trajectory, the jet stream starts to follow more of a north-to-south path.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2019
• Is this the first game of a new career trajectory for John Ross?
  — Cincinnati.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• In that time, Dota 2 has kept to the same trajectory of constant growth.
  — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 30 May 2018
• The trajectory would imply that the launch point of the attack was being masked.
  — Tim Lister and Nic Robertson, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
• Belize City looks to be in the crosshairs of the eyewall’s trajectory.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
• She's got visions, dreams, and goals, and is on a trajectory to hit them all, and then some.
  — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• Jordan has many skill sets as a player that will add to the trajectory of our team on the court.
  — Hannah Underwood, Dallas News, 4 May 2021
• What are those things that, if solved, would clear your path and change your trajectory?
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• Months of fighting may yet lie ahead, but the trajectory is clear.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
• The Nuggets might have thought this one was over early in the third quarter, based on that trajectory.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 19 May 2024
• The next few minutes would change the trajectory of my life — for better or worse.
  — Nick Baumgartner and Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
• The fall virus spike and variants doomed that trajectory.
  — Colleen Barry, Star Tribune, 10 May 2021
• How much has the trajectory been altered by two straight wins?
  — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 15 July 2019
• But the trajectory has not been a one-way burst higher for all, Hogan noted.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2021
• That’s the forward trajectory with which racist white men fall.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 9 Jan. 2018
• The Libra eclipse on the 14th is the first in a series that will shake up the trajectory of your professional life over the next year or so.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
• In the piece, the source — identified as a former New York City Housewife — reflected the trajectory of the series during her time on it.
  — Dave Quinn, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
• Observers of China’s foreign policy have no illusions about the potential downward trajectory of relations under Trump, who on the campaign trail threatened to slap Chinese imports with upwards of 60% tariffs.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024