pendulum

Example Sentences

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Levy: I always like to pull the pendulum back as far as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The story of the labor market, which can sometimes resemble a pendulum, is more complicated.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

"What was unusual was the near absence of engagement during Hasina's tenure. The pendulum had swung too far in one direction; now it risks swinging too far in the other."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

We can think of climate change as a pendulum: as it intensifies, it swings from one extreme to another, hot and cold and dry and wet.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

The boy’s head started going back and forth fast like a pendulum in a clock that the weight’s fell off.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis