How to Use kinetic in a Sentence

kinetic

adjective
  • Think of your ankles as the first link in a kinetic chain.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This was a, this was a kinetic artwork.
    — Outside Online, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Your forearm is tight, the stress goes somewhere else in the kinetic chain.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • As is the case with Tesori’s roiling score, their work here is kinetic.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The ships, known as kinetic impactors, struck their targets head-on.
    — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Or something more kinetic, like a long-range, rapid-fire shotgun.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2021
  • This is a kinetic big-scale spectacular that needs to be seen on the big screen.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
  • And that has to reach a point where there's less kinetic activity on the ground.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Your lower back is one of the most important parts of your body's kinetic chain.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But many times, the solution to creaky knees lies further up the kinetic chain.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Your films are very kinetic, very vibrant, but this one is almost out of control at times.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 July 2025
  • Included was kinetic sand--sand that sticks to itself and keeps it shape.
    — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 July 2017
  • But the potential for a wider kinetic conflict hasn’t been greater in decades.
    — James Stavridis, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Kamdyn brought a pink teddy bear, the bear’s tiny beach bag, and a little box of kinetic sand.
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
  • Walking to class, students sign in rapid-fire bursts of kinetic language.
    — B.r.j. O'Donnell, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
  • John was a kinetic ball of incessant energy who pushed us all to up our stage game.
    — Stephanie Mendez, SPIN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • And is there a chance that that kind of kinetic action might make more support for the regime a rally around the flag.
    — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Get the rest of that kinetic chain involved by flexing your feet and straightening your legs.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The direction is marvelous, kinetic, with a great sense of space and an eye for visual flair.
    — Spencer Crittenden, Variety, 27 Jan. 2022
  • These are some of the most kinetic, engaging fights of any Marvel movie to date.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The texture is like a thick-brown sugar that sticks together — kind of like kinetic sand.
    — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 1 May 2021
  • The fizzing dialogue throws you off-guard as you get pulled into this kinetic world of would-be girl power.
    — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The threat has been taken care of, by way of the kind of kinetic filmmaking that might make anyone punch the air.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The dominos represent the muscles and joints that make up the kinetic chain.
    — Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Only 50 of these kinetic cases will be made, and pricing has not been set yet.
    — John Burek, PCMAG, 10 June 2024
  • Slide and film projection, kinetic sculpture, strobe lights and music were all part of the show.
    — J. Hoberman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • This Canadian band makes art rock for former latch-key kids and is known for its kinetic live show.
    — Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The same goes for a kinetic recovery strap and three-quarter-inch shackles.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 31 May 2021
  • The laser will add a new non-kinetic layer to this architecture.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The boots work by using kinetic chargers embedded in the heel.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 6 July 2017

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