weightlessness
Example Sentences
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A person falling freely in a lift, for example, would experience weightlessness.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Extended weightlessness generally wreaks havoc on the human body, often disrupting the space traveler’s heartbeat, balance and hormone levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The crew, which included Bezos's fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter Gayle King alongside Katy Perry, experienced a few moments of weightlessness during the 11-minute flight.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
Once they reach space, they’ll be able to float around the rocket, experiencing weightlessness and looking out the windows at the universe and Earth below for about four minutes before coming back down.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025
It was the bird’s lightness, its near weightlessness, that got me.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
