How to Use centrifugal in a Sentence

centrifugal

adjective
  • The most common type of juicer is the fast juicer, or centrifugal juicer.
    — Hanna Horvath, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • If -- and there's a couple of challenges here, and there are centrifugal circles around it.
    — ABC News, 23 May 2021
  • But the centrifugal forces seem stronger and more mysterious this time.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Aug. 2017
  • Jurewicz says that many centrifugal juicers come with varying speed options.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Power is sent to the rear wheel via a chain drive and centrifugal clutch, meaning there’s no need for a clutch lever or gear shifting.
    — New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The first jet engines were either centrifugal or axial-flow types.
    — Walter J. Boyne and Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 23 May 2021
  • There will be a lot less exploratory behavior if the ant raft is spinning in response to centrifugal or shear forces.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2022
  • But besides that noisiness, centrifugal juicers do have their appeal.
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Because of the Navi’s centrifugal clutch, all standing starts begin from a puttering idle.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
  • For you, fruit juice friend, the Breville Juice Fountain Plus is the best centrifugal juicer.
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 17 Mar. 2022
  • That motor comes mated to a four-speed gearbox and semi-automatic centrifugal clutch – no clutch lever, no fuss.
    — New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
  • As a centrifugal juicer, Nutribullet’s Slow Juicer only has one speed.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Will Ferrell knows how to use the centrifugal force of his personality to hold a movie together.
    — Owen Gleiberman, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017
  • The new transmission is also quieter, by virtue of a centrifugal pendulum absorber.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Through a centrifugal process, the butter fat is separated and stored in 10-gallon cans that hold 83 pounds each.
    — Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Inside, most of the physical space is taken up by a disc drive and a centrifugal fan, which integrates liquid cooling in a console for the first time.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 12 June 2017
  • After this centrifugal rush, the return to earth, during her depressive periods, is wrenching.
    — Hannah Williams, The New Yorker, 28 July 2022
  • The resulting juice also keeps more of its nutrients because centrifugal juicers produce heat from friction that kills off nutrients.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • Masticating juicers also get a significantly better yield from leafy greens and herbs, both of which centrifugal juicers struggle with.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • The floorless coaster-like seats with over-the-shoulder restraints allow riders to dangle their feet and arms as centrifugal force causes the gondolas to rock back and forth.
    — Brady MacDonald, latimes.com, 1 May 2017
  • That motor comes mated to a centrifugal clutch with a CVT transmission and … wait for it … a belt final drive on an aluminum swingarm.
    — New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2026
  • If there are ripples along the boundary between those layers, the shearing action creates centrifugal forces that swirl the fluids—or bodies of air—together.
    — Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2012
  • This lightweight and durable reel allows for longer casts on the water thanks to the Hamai Precision Cut gears and centrifugal braking system.
    — Amanda McElfresh, NOLA.com, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Cold press juicers tend to be more expensive than their centrifugal counterparts because their machinery is designed to slowly and gently separate juice.
    — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2022
  • The system covers the entirety of both schools, and involves multiple pipes coming from underneath the schools' floors, and connecting to centrifugal fans on the roof.
    — London Gibson, Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2019
  • Through centrifugal casting, Penn has created botanical artworks that detail vining, stems, thistles and seed pods.
    — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Standard centrifugal juicers, on the other hand, contain blades that chop produce into tiny pieces before separating out the juice using centrifugal force.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • Ortega describes loving as a centrifugal act, the movement of one person infinitely toward the other.
    — Rachel Whalen, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Scientists got this by using Newton’s Law of Gravity and throwing in the effects of centrifugal force.
    — AL.com, 19 Aug. 2017
  • The men’s and women’s tours operate separately, and the four majors are independent from the tours — in tennis, all the energy is centrifugal.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2021

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