How to Use inertia in a Sentence

inertia

noun
  • He blames governmental inertia for the holdup.
  • After 10 years in an unsatisfying job she overcame her inertia and went back to school.
  • This strips away inertia and makes each line item earn its place.
    — Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And the inertia of dark things is stronger than any law of physics.
    — Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Due to their enormous size, ice sheets have a huge amount of inertia.
    — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The force of inertia keeps my mind there, even though my body is somewhere else.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The business seems to be in a weird state of inertia and denial.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • But don’t mistake the pace for inertia.
    — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The last thing that parents have to battle is their own inertia.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Reels have what is known as start-up inertia or how easily the drag will kick in.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Now, the club appears to be paying the price for that inertia.
    — Joshua Law, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • And yet, your letter has a whiff of helpless inertia about it.
    — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 30 July 2020
  • Even the best intentions get bogged down by inertia and red tape.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Plans and hopes have their own inertia, and canceling things is a pain.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Concerns of ride and space are addressed with inertia and sheer size.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But for people with sleep inertia, the buzz from coffee doesn’t come fast enough.
    — Matt Fuchs, Time, 8 Dec. 2025
  • How pills counter sleep inertia About 1 in 3 adults don’t get enough sleep.
    — Matt Fuchs, Time, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The burn fails, but the capsule has just enough inertia to be drawn to Earth once again.
    — Neil Oseman, Space.com, 14 June 2026
  • Start up inertia is the amount of pressure a fish must overcome to get the drag moving.
    — Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The speed of the tech industry is not always aligned with the inertia of health care.
    — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Have the protests created enough inertia to ensure that the right thing is done?
    — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, 11 June 2020
  • To exist at all is to feel the clock-steady undertow of inertia.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • While columnist Abe Kwok warns that the inertia could last for years.
    — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
  • This troubling matter was brought up with Fox five weeks ago but was met with inertia.
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Some of us had spent twenty years in the same career and were itching for a change but stuck in inertia.
    — Parul Somani, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • Usually, the longer the nap, the more sleep inertia there is to overcome.
    — Steven Bender, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Ninety-nine years of inertia and precedent is not easy to overcome, and this group seems poised to do it.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2024
  • As the motors fight against the car's inertia, the noise cavitates your eardrums.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Of course, despite the high stakes, inertia is to be expected.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026
  • The inertia of wealth is as enervating as a hot, summer day at the pool.
    — Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025

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