Example sentences for: compounding

How can you use “compounding” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The compounding process is a simple, economical system of word formation is modern English.

  • "The Lexus and olive tree [are] wrestling with each other in the new system of globalization," as he puts it, energetically compounding his metaphor.

  • Compounding the problem was the FBI's tradition of hiring analysts from within instead of recruiting individuals with the relevant educational background and expertise.

  • Germond and Tony Blankley (Late Edition ) warn against drawing too many lessons from an isolated, senseless episode of evil, and Bill Kristol (ABC's This Week ) cautions all against compounding the crime by "committing sociology," i.e., relieving the two child-shooters of moral responsibility for their evildoing.

  • The sooner we begin, the less we have to save per year and the greater our benefit from compounding growth.


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