centrifugal

Example Sentences

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“Individuality or group identity is corrosive and a centrifugal force,” Gen. Newbold said.

From Washington Times

These days, thousands of spectators show up to watch contestants pitch pumpkins using trebuchets, catapults, centrifugal machines, and other contraptions.

From Salon

It also commands Chinese attention because of its oversize role in the collapse of the Soviet Union, a drama that China has studied in hope of heading off similar centrifugal forces at home.

From New York Times

“We’re always falling apart in this country, and now we are in an era of centrifugal forces,” Cantor said.

From Washington Post

“Merkel acted as mediator when there have been a lot of centrifugal forces weakening Europe,’’ said Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, head of the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund.

From New York Times