How to Use center of gravity in a Sentence

center of gravity

noun phrase
  • Where does the center of gravity go for me?
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Her voice changed the band’s center of gravity.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But the center of gravity that is his life has shifted.
    — Jimmy Jellinek, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Even healthy trees can fall if they are never pruned and have a poor center of gravity!
    — Dr. Nick Goltz, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
  • Keep your elbows close to your body, which will help your center of gravity.
    — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Isn’t that going to throw off his center of gravity?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
  • His center of gravity is steady, and the ball remains secure in the crook of his arm.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
  • When jogging, on the other hand, the center of gravity moves up and down quite a bit with each stride.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Maybe our morals and our sort of center of gravity and our beliefs don't quite fit with the Democrats.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But the center of gravity has shifted.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Yet the center of gravity is shifting.
    — Alex Ashley, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But the center of gravity has shifted.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The texture suggests a low center of gravity, as though the wine keeps me grounded.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • Older strollers were known for tipping over because of a poor center of gravity.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • The cargo basket in back held a lot of stuff, but the cargo would raise the bike's center of gravity.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
  • In the third trimester, growing breast size and a changing center of gravity are likely to blame.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 18 Dec. 2023
  • His life has shifted its center of gravity over the past several years.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Landing on your mid-foot shifts your center of gravity forward, which propels you up and over the mound.
    — Julia Ries, Outside Online, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The clash marked a deeper shift in the Muslim world’s center of gravity.
    — Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
  • But by then, the show’s center of gravity had shifted from Bart to Homer.
    — Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, your lungs contain as much blood as the entire rest of your body, which is why your center of gravity is above your waist.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
  • That large amount of mass down low gives many EVs a low center of gravity that aids handling.
    — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Then the center of gravity shifted.
    — Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The band, composed of musicians from around the globe, also gives the show its center of gravity.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But the basket did place more of the weight entirely above the wheels, raising the bike's center of gravity.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Much of the center of gravity in gaming has shifted to mobile and here too the scale can be dramatic.
    — Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Cage, by contrast, is on the verge of losing his family, his home, his past, and his center of gravity as a man.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • This setup is positioned as close to the ground as possible to keep the center of gravity low.
    — New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Saint-Tropez’s status as a center of gravity for pop-culture folklore isn’t set to wane any time soon.
    — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 May 2026
  • That means only light items go in the overhead cabinet to help keep the center of gravity lower.
    — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 9 June 2026

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