How to Use accelerate in a Sentence

accelerate

verb
  • She stepped on the gas and the car accelerated.
  • She stepped on the gas and accelerated the car.
  • The plane accelerated down the runway.
  • The rate of economic growth has continued to accelerate.
  • He says that cutting taxes will help to accelerate economic growth.
  • Maintain a steady speed on curves, and don't accelerate.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Starbucks has to catch up with its customers to accelerate growth.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The fact of being a small brand helps in being agile and able to accelerate faster.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Think of it like throwing a rock in a pond and watching the ripples accelerate out around it.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Having two of the best to ever play guide fans through it is sure to only help that growth accelerate.
    — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022
  • So some people think the variants will just accelerate things.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2022
  • So the sales process was more accelerated.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Once a turtle slows, the growth accelerates.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
  • An overripe berry can accelerate ripening in the fruit it is being stored with.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
  • An overripe berry can accelerate ripening in the fruit it is being stored with.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
  • That could be a signal that the pace of layoffs is accelerating.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That could be a signal that the pace of layoffs is accelerating.
    — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The Raiders are in a great position to accelerate the process.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Decelerate and pivot in front of the cone and accelerate again to the next cone.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The system accelerates, brakes and steers the vehicle in the lane.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
  • Stress can also accelerate the process.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
  • All of these changes point to accelerated aging.
    — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The drop accelerates passengers at a speed of 75 miles per hour.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Then accelerate again to 60 mph.
    — John Paul, The Providence Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This slow buildup can be accelerated if there are any issues with your washing machine.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
  • Uneven washers can be loud, vibrate, and accelerate wear and tear.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
  • There’s a reason this trend is accelerating now.
    — Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Those losses have accelerated in the last few decades, both because of climate change and land use changes.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The two players exchanged ground stroke after ground stroke, the pace of the ball accelerating as the point went on.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This upward movement would lubricate the base of the ice and accelerate its flow.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 May 2022

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