How to Use inversion in a Sentence

inversion

noun
  • Inversion of the two words changes the meaning of the sentence.
  • The steep drops don’t seem to affect me like the inversions do.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • An inversion is when cold air is held close to the ground by a layer of warm air.
    — David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
  • With its twists, high speeds, dips, corkscrews and inversions, the ride won't be for the timid.
    — John Sharp | [email protected], AL.com, 21 July 2017
  • Due to an overnight inversion, smoke will settle in drainages near the fire.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the inversion that should bother all of us.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
  • That’s kind of a wild inversion of what our values are and what our track record is.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 7 Aug. 2020
  • This inversion is a key signal that a downturn may be on its way.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 11 July 2019
  • The odd price inversion is the byproduct.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In any system that claims to value the rule of law, this inversion would raise alarms.
    — Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That inversion is the whole story.
    — Joe Toscano, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • As the wildfires burned on, and nights grew longer and colder, the inversions grew stronger.
    — Nora Saks, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
  • An inversion, in coaster-speak, means to go upside down.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • The inversion—which last reached these levels a decade ago—has caught traders and investors off guard.
    — Sebastian Pellejero, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Has this inversion broken any records?
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
  • There was a strong capping inversion in place — a layer of warm air in place about a mile above the ground.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 17 May 2018
  • Holocaust inversion is not an opinion about the present.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The good news is that a winter storm is expected to break up the inversion next week.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
  • This is the inversion most CTOs miss.
    — Khurram Javed Mir, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The financial world has been atwitter about the inversion of the yield curve.
    — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2019
  • In a canny act of inversion, we, the ones watching, are winked at and ogled alongside her.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2021
  • In May and June, cool, moist air gets trapped below that inversion.
    — Robert Krier, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • Cold air isn’t the only thing that gets trapped below the inversion’s cloud layer.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
  • When this happens, and short-term bonds end up yielding more than long-term bonds, it’s called a yield curve inversion.
    — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Hoping to get relief from the inversion?
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 16 Jan. 2026
  • An inversion occurs when cold air is stuck beneath a stagnant layer of warm air.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The current inversion has been around for about 10 days already.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The cold air mass is shallow, with an inversion height around 7000' msl.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • One of those flips, a corkscrew at 197 feet above the ground, sets a world record for highest inversion.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland.com, 11 July 2019
  • The train then climbs a second lift hill and navigates the same three inversions in reverse.
    — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 20 June 2019

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