centripetal

Example Sentences

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You can hear him mining the soil for information, creating melodies with a centripetal pull, building rhythms that leave a listener no option but to pick up on the momentum.

From New York Times

Weed’s “collection architecture,” rife with hollows, depressions and shallow scoop bunkers that gather shots, celebrates the centripetal force of gravity.

From Golf Digest

Images are centripetal, sucking all the energy into the heart of the screen as if into a whirlpool.

From The New Yorker

Right now, capitalism in many nations, including the US, is tending more towards centripetal than centrifugal capitalism – as many of the essays in this series have shown, including from Ganesh Sitaranam.

From The Guardian

For that matter, Zahler’s taut, restrained style is a part of that exertion of force—it’s an artistic force that, with its centripetal pressure, prevents the centrifugal force of emotionalism, sentimentality, Pollyanna-ish liberalism from prevailing.

From The New Yorker