Example sentences for: inertia

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

  • ("I paid for that microphone" probably came from a Spencer Tracy political comedy; his faith in an invulnerable "Star Wars" nuclear shield perhaps came from the "inertia projector" portrayed in a 1940 movie in which he starred.)

  • A third offered a reason why people stay together: "Isn't it possible that a lot of long-lasting marriages are long-lasting because of inertia created by the absence of alternatives to that arrangement?"

  • Neglecting the inertia term for the ligament, a balance of forces requires that the bone stress σ B ( t ) be equal to the ligament stress σ L ( t ) for constant area.

  • When you tried to help herGet out of the car or get from the car to the doorOr across the apartment house hall to the elevatorThere was a new sense of heavinessOr of inertia in the body.

  • In a few weeks those of us who overcome inertia and apathy will enter polling places to choose our president, with less real choice than ever.


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