How to Use directly proportional in a Sentence

directly proportional

adjective
  • His earnings are directly proportional to the number of units he sells.
  • The screen size is directly proportional to the phone's size.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The screen size is directly proportional to the phone's size.
    — Dave Leclair, PCMAG, 12 May 2023
  • Maybe, our hopes for the future are directly proportional to our current sense of exhaustion.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The strength of the effect the researchers observed was directly proportional to the force applied.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2023
  • In clinical trials, hair loss was directly proportional to the rate and total amount of weight loss in people on the drugs.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Maybe, our hopes for the future are directly proportional to our current sense of despair or exhaustion.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Paulson said the number of home inspections is directly proportional to the number of home sales.
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2018
  • After all, your ability to change the world around you is directly proportional to your willingness to change the world within you.
    — Dr Margie Warrell, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • The sparkliness of her outfits is directly proportional to her frustration, too.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 26 June 2018
  • There is also indirect carbon pricing, which means changes in the price of carbon come from sources not directly proportional to emissions.
    — Russell Nichols, Time, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Gus’ happiness is directly proportional to the time spent playing Minecraft.
    — Steve Brykman, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2018
  • However, this episode of Window Shop proves boring cars are directly proportional to the chances of a crossfire gabfest.
    — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Almost every recruit has a plan, though the length and width of this vision is almost always directly proportional to talent and recruiting hype.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
  • In standard batteries, size is directly proportional to charging time.
    — New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Scaling your team is directly proportional to getting the right people in regularly.
    — Mayank Mishra, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • Jensen and Christensen’s equation, in contrast, predicted that the two should be directly proportional.
    — Scott Hershberger, Scientific American, 6 July 2020
  • Henry’s Law states that the levels of gas dissolved in a liquid is always directly proportional to the pressure of that gas in the atmosphere above.
    — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • If space expanded at a constant rate, a supernova’s redshift would be directly proportional to its distance, and thus to its brightness.
    — Quanta Magazine, 17 Dec. 2019
  • The difficulty of solving this problem is directly proportional to the number of possible primes that must be tested.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Your Tok’s ability to achieve escape velocity is directly proportional to your distance from your true self.
    — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The output of the NFL rumor mill is directly proportional to the proximity of the draft.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The number of women in a group is directly proportional to higher levels of collaboration.
    — Anita Nelson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • If expertise was directly proportional to vote-getting power, Ng would have won the March 3 primary in a walk.
    — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 17 June 2020
  • Oxygen consumption is directly proportional to the number of cases.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 11 May 2021
  • Not for the first time, the violence of a bullying threat is directly proportional to the vulnerability that’s been exposed in the bully.
    — Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Its images were predictable; its attainment directly proportional to buying power and never fully achieved.
    — Soraya Roberts, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Because the benefit is directly proportional to the size of the investment gains, the program tends to discourage projects that won’t generate a large profit.
    — David Calvert, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The level of misery on I-4 — known in normal times for miles-long back-ups — seems directly proportional to the amount of commerce, tourism and faith among locals that going out is safe.
    — Adelaide Chen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Ohm was able to prove that a current moving through a conductor from Point A to Point B is directly proportional to the voltage.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2019

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