How to Use acceleration in a Sentence

acceleration

noun

• There has been an acceleration in economic growth.
• There has been some acceleration in economic growth.
• The car delivers quick acceleration.
• That was the biggest thing for me, just the straight-line speed, the acceleration and the braking.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2022
• On the flip side, acceleration could have the seat slam backward.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2023
• That means there must be a force (F) in the direction of the acceleration.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 26 July 2024
• The a is the acceleration, or the rate of change of velocity.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 25 Feb. 2022
• The plan should view 'learning loss' through the lens of acceleration.
  — Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
• In this reading, midlife is not the end of the road but women’s acceleration phase.
  — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• In other forms of tow sports, faster acceleration is the norm.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
• The acceleration was fueled by the biggest jump in costs of hotel stays in more than a year.
  — Reade Pickert, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2022
• Remember, Newton's second law says the net force is equal to the product of the mass and the acceleration (Fnet = ma).
  — WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
• In the 16th minute, Doku’s burst of acceleration took him past the defender again.
  — Andy Jones, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
• There were also quite a few acceleration tests along the way.
  — Tim Stevens, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2024
• The best way to think about inflation is an acceleration of prices in a basket of goods.
  — Gwynn Guilford, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
• Baxter also said acceleration of growth in the fourth quarter will come from the launch of Lee x.
  — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
• And then there’s acceleration from the torquey, low-revving engine which shoves the two-seater ahead with a confident whisk.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2023
• Hill is the only player with a 99 acceleration rating in the game.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 21 July 2023
• Maxx Force sends you off into the air at 78 mph in the blink of an eye, the fastest acceleration of any roller coaster in North America.
  — Nic Napier, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2023
• The engines pull in air, which has mass, and quickly push that air out of the back of the engine – so there’s a mass multiplied by an acceleration.
  — Craig Merrett, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
• By the end of 1941, the acceleration of the war had disrupted the frivolity of the big band scene and many musicians offered their talents to the home front.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
• Even its acceleration – a weak point in past Priuses – is quite good.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
• These drugs are one part of the acceleration in health insurance costs.
  — Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
• This is set to increase with the acceleration in climate change.
  — Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• Since the car stays on the ground, the acceleration in the vertical direction is zero.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2024
• Here is where the rapid acceleration of growth happens.
  — Cole Taylor, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• For a machine that weighs the better part of three tons, such acceleration is amazing.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 1 Dec. 2022
• The boat will have the same steep acceleration curve of an electric vehicle.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2022
• Putting the pedal to the metal requires full concentration, since acceleration from zero to 60 mph takes just 4.5 seconds.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2025
• Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be especially cautious on hills or when making turns.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025