How to Use revolution in a Sentence

revolution

noun
  • The king knew that there was a threat of revolution.
  • The group started a revolution.
  • The period of revolution of the Earth around the Sun is equal to one year.
  • This new theory could cause a revolution in elementary education.
  • The Earth makes one revolution on its axis in about 24 hours.
  • This motor operates at a speed of 5,000 revolutions per minute.
  • For many gay men, the new decade was a revolution of the body.
    — Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The first surge came in the age of revolutions.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • And who, these days, doesn’t want to be part of a revolution?
    — Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 8 June 2019
  • Now the revolution is in its death throes.
    — Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • Any hope in the revolution died right there.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
  • Does there need to be a revolution?
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • What world will this revolution bring about?
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The past two decades have been a time of peaceful revolution in the movies.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2021
  • This would be a very stark revolution in how football is played.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • There will be calls for the overhaul of the squad, for a new coach, for revolution.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Some people want a few more revolutions around the sun.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Had that even been a revolution?
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Ukraine's drone revolution is spreading from the air to the ground.
    — David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • That will be the true revolution.
    — Nathanael Bondu, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There is even talk of revolution.
    — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • There is also a grim side to this revolution.
    — Brian Walsh, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But revolutions are marathons, not sprints.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The question now is how much support the revolution has lost with each round.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The open source revolution has been carried on the backs of some very weary people.
    — Clive Thompson, Wired, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Yet her death helped to provoke a war that helped usher in a revolution.
    — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • The plastic seats along the sides of the cars were red, the color of revolution.
    — William Neuman, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2022
  • At the time, many on the new left thought a revolution was imminent.
    — John B. Judis, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Why not start your revolution with the biggest name in the stable?
    — Sam Smith, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Cheer on the kids, by all means, but beware that their revolution might not include us.
    — Jonathan Malesic, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2018

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