How to Use axis in a Sentence

axis

1 of 2 noun

• The world has been spinning too fast and off its axis for a while; a complete reset was inevitable.
  — Stacey Wilson Hunt, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2020
• Data viz researchers might scoff at the chart’s missing y-axis and would prescribe bars over curved shapes.
  — Dan Kopf, Quartz, 12 Jan. 2020
• The long axis of each strip is perpendicular to the direction that the vehicle needs to go.
  — Quanta Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020
• Leap years occur because the daily cycle of the earth spinning on its axis doesn’t quite match up with the yearly cycle of the earth orbiting the sun.
  — Eugenia Cheng, WSJ, 29 Feb. 2020
• Even with the world off its axis as the coronavirus continues to spread, the NFL's free agent market hit high gear Monday.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2020
• In addition, InSight scientists are using radio signals beamed from the lander to track how much Mars wobbles on its axis over time.
  — Mike Wall, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2020
• Her chin tilt is the very axis on which the show spins.
  — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• The axis of the match shifted back and forth in the early moments.
  — oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023
• This is part of an axis of evil of Iran and Hezbollah and Hamas.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
• In early 2002, Bush put the country on the axis of evil.
  — Lawrence Korb, National Review, 21 Mar. 2021
• Conceal the pendulums, delete the axes, and just watch the point zip around the 4D space.
  — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
• This difference is caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis.
  — WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022
• In this graph, the right-hand axis is my heart rate instead of speed.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2022
• But, closer to the center of the system, the disk is skewed by the off-axis orbits of the stars.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2020
• This test rig—called NADS-1—rides on seven belts (six on the x-axis, one on the y).
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 11 July 2020
• But now look at the piece near the axis of rotation (the yellow line).
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
• It’s called the axis, and this rotation is what gives us day and night.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• And there are others who deserve pride of place in the axis as well.
  — Danielle Pletka, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
• When the world is off its axis, concepts of truth and trust start to get dislodged.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 3 Oct. 2020
• The other axis measures how fun the song is to sing — from fun to super fun.
  — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• The moon rotates on its axis once during each trip around the Earth.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 16 June 2021
• Twice a year, the angle of the Earth's axis sits so neither pole tilts toward the sun or away from it.
  — Kolbe Nelson, CBS News, 20 June 2023
• Still, Matt’s faith seems to have become the central axis of his life.
  — Kevin T. Dugan, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2021
• Unlike climate change, seasons are caused by the rotation of the Earth around the sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis.
  — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• But time functions on more than one axis in Many Saints.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2021
• The Nodes of Destiny move along the lunar axis and show our soul’s purpose.
  — Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
• The Brit is gonna take a break from screen time, and the world continues to spin upon its mighty axis.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Aug. 2022
• This has to do with strong geomagnetic storms and the tilt of the Earth’s axis.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
• As ice sheets warm, however, the meltwater spreads out across the global ocean, and most of the ocean is at lower latitudes, farther from the rotation axis than the ice caps are.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
• The cracks in the Kremlin’s control over what Russians say and do lie along two axes: long-term grievances that the regime struggles to manage, and sudden shocks that are too complex for its propaganda model to contain.
  — Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024

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Axis

2 of 2 adjective

• The North African war was being waged mostly along coastal areas, where Axis airfields and bases were strung out.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• His bombs destroyed Axis railroad cars and a large gasoline truck outside a depot in Trento.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
• And and it was stood up to monitor Axis powers and their propaganda through shortwave radio.
  — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023
• One such ship is among a large group traveling from Iceland to Russian port city Murmansk, under heavy threat of Axis attack en route.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• The same handle ergonomics and Axis locking mechanism are replicated across knives.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
• Grandfather didn’t tell stories about his Holocaust experience as a young boy, or about his time fighting against his homeland and other Axis powers.
  — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
• The Axis occupation of Greece ended with Germany’s withdrawal from the country in October 1944.
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
• Many were planted by Axis propagandists, but others appear to have originated with everyday citizens, frequently arising out of their anxieties, suspicions, prejudices or simple misunderstandings.
  — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
• The North African war was being waged mostly along coastal areas, where Axis airfields and bases were strung out.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• His bombs destroyed Axis railroad cars and a large gasoline truck outside a depot in Trento.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
• And and it was stood up to monitor Axis powers and their propaganda through shortwave radio.
  — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023
• One such ship is among a large group traveling from Iceland to Russian port city Murmansk, under heavy threat of Axis attack en route.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• The same handle ergonomics and Axis locking mechanism are replicated across knives.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
• Grandfather didn’t tell stories about his Holocaust experience as a young boy, or about his time fighting against his homeland and other Axis powers.
  — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
• The Axis occupation of Greece ended with Germany’s withdrawal from the country in October 1944.
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
• Many were planted by Axis propagandists, but others appear to have originated with everyday citizens, frequently arising out of their anxieties, suspicions, prejudices or simple misunderstandings.
  — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024