How to Use velocity in a Sentence

velocity

noun
  • Keller made changes and saw his velocity tick up.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • We were told to prize velocity over depth.
    — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This might have to do with velocity.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • His velocity was up a tick on his fastballs from his first four starts.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The guy was ticked up in velocity the whole time and dotting.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Scouts who wrote him off this spring rave about his control and the uptick in velocity.
    — USA Today, 16 May 2021
  • The fact that three of his five best velocities have come in the last three starts bears a lot of weight here.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • It was noted that his velocity was down as well.
    — Jaylon Thompson may 6, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
  • Sometimes just plain velocity helps in a case like that.
    — Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The pace and velocity of the progress is unheard of.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • From that arm angle, and he's got some velocity too.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Memories of the past can show up in a way that adds weight and velocity.
    — Dede Henley, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The plot moves with the velocity of a gangster movie with a sneaky sense of humor.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The game is at a point where velocity can be trained; some other attributes cannot.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • So far, velocity has not been an issue.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Your kids are moving with velocity and need to do it somewhere else.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The greater the distance from the surface, the greater the velocity of the flow speed.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2024
  • So long as the team does well enough, that might suffice to sustain the sport’s velocity.
    — Leander Schaerlaeckens, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • These days, velocity pays the bills in baseball.
    — Sam Brief, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
  • In short, this is a value that describes how the velocity changes.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Five more had an exit velocity of at least 95 mph, so even some of the outs were loud.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2024
  • But his velocity dipped to around 92 mph in the third inning.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
  • Major league teams crave velocity, and young pitchers train to boost it.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
  • One of the ways to measure Trout’s change is how he’s done against high velocity.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The new edge is velocity with vision.
    — Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The return of the velocity has made the rest of his repertoire play up a level, too.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The velocity is down a few ticks since injuries wiped out the better part of two seasons.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • His four-seam fastball velocity was up.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • The fastball has a lot of revs/ride and plays up, while his velocity is average.
    — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • There has been a lot of velocity both on my Facebook page and through my website.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024

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