How to Use gravitate in a Sentence

gravitate

verb
  • The guests gravitated toward the far side of the room.
  • Many young people now gravitate toward careers in the computer industry.
  • Voters have started gravitating to him as a possible candidate.
  • The conversation gravitated to politics.
  • Maguire hopes people will gravitate toward it as a kind of art piece.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Austin would rather gravitate to the worst of human beings to get to know them.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • At a certain point, the show just seemed to want to gravitate towards her.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022
  • The bass in ponds gravitate toward the shore looking for bait.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 1 June 2020
  • Nas just dropped four or five crazy joints and people are still gravitating to it.
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Just do something, and things will sort of gravitate toward it.
    — Mike Sacks, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2022
  • People seem to gravitate to him.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Life lessons - more so than football - are what the players gravitate to.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 14 July 2022
  • Consumers will gravitate toward what works and what feels safe.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Worms may not have ears, but many gravitate toward or flee from sounds that aren’t being made by worms.
    — Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Make your brand a reliable source and people will gravitate to you over time.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2022
  • This hair type tends to get oily and greasy pretty quickly, as the oils at your root gravitate down the hair shaft.
    — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 12 Apr. 2019
  • And people tend to gravitate to servers that are seen as more trustworthy.
    — WIRED, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Of the songs on the new album, are there any that your kids are gravitating towards?
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Teens gravitate toward its mix of basics and trend-forward pieces for both guys and girls.
    — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Not only will items gravitate to the correct spots, but those spots will likely evolve.
    — Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The store has a light and airy feel, without the kitsch that many vintage stores gravitate toward.
    — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Bluebirds gravitate toward suet cakes, and there are even some with mealworms mixed in.
    — Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Most gravitated to the club's back rooms, and the dance floor stood deserted.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Yes, all sedans are facing sales challenges as buyers gravitate to crossovers and trucks.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 26 Nov. 2018
  • This is enough to convince them to gravitate to more pleasant-tasting plants.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
  • At dusk, my next-door neighbors set up their firepit, and neighbors on the block all gravitated over.
    — Dylan Tupper Rupert, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The star players from around the Valley don't gravitate there.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Howard gravitated to men’s wear.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But this is not a production where there are clear stars that the other actors gravitate around.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Still, many of us gravitate towards cereal and dairy milk as a quick and easy breakfast.
    — Brittany Edelmann, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024

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