How to Use accelerate in a Sentence

accelerate

verb

• She stepped on the gas and the car accelerated.
• She stepped on the gas and accelerated the car.
• The plane accelerated down the runway.
• The rate of economic growth has continued to accelerate.
• He says that cutting taxes will help to accelerate economic growth.
• Think of it like throwing a rock in a pond and watching the ripples accelerate out around it.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 4 Jan. 2023
• Twice the heart, double the ability to please members & accelerate growth.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023
• And all those surveyed about the 2023 landscape expect that trend to continue — if not accelerate.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
• Hitting a home run with the 2023 draft could accelerate that timetable significantly.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 1 Jan. 2023
• Looking beyond the expansion of immersive audio, our determination to drive change will only accelerate this year.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
• In the past year alone, studies have found that alcohol consumption may accelerate genetic aging, shrink the brain, and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 19 Jan. 2023
• Case in point: Biden tried to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels, but under his administration U.S. oil production hit new record highs.
  — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
• The two players exchanged ground stroke after ground stroke, the pace of the ball accelerating as the point went on.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Video of the incident shows one of the back tires appearing to break apart and start smoking as the plane accelerates on the runway.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 10 July 2024
• Were you guys trying to accelerate or do things faster?
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
• The central bank also opened the door to a pause, accelerating bets that the Fed will hold rates steady at its next meeting in June and cut rates as soon as July.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 14 May 2023
• Those losses have accelerated in the last few decades, both because of climate change and land use changes.
  — Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
• The Hornets’ brain trust must find a way to accelerate their path without jeopardizing the future in the process.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2024
• Once the ice shelf is gone, however, the glaciers behind it accelerate their flow into the ocean—and this does increase sea level.
  — Scientific American, 1 June 2023
• Land one of the those top spots in the May 8 lottery, and a rebuilding team could decide to accelerate its timeline through free agency.
  — Jay Cohen, ajc, 14 Apr. 2023
• Some proposals even seek to accelerate and put the brakes on AI development at the same time.
  — Alondra Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2024
• The journey to the EV future is only going to accelerate.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 12 Apr. 2023
• The growth of near-shoring, which accelerated under the Biden administration, could also boost the economies of the region—and, over time, give potential migrants a reason to stay home.
  — Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
• But there are still hurdles, and the rate of transition must accelerate, according to many experts in the field.
  — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2023
• Dashcam video shows the truck turn from the main road onto a residential street and accelerate.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
• When snow lies on the ground for weeks or months, the grains of snow grow larger, absorbing more sunlight and accelerating melting.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• But soon the college’s spending spree would accelerate further and at no more of a dangerous time.
  — al, 25 Jan. 2023
• This whiskey-world arms race has accelerated in recent years, with brands taking big swings to make new bottles stand out.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 June 2024
• Or the cost of accelerating the destruction of our planet?
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
• All of it in the service of greater appreciation that might lead to better stewardship of a planet in peril as climate change accelerates and biodiversity declines.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024