How to Use axis in a Sentence

axis

1 of 2 noun

• From a perspective of feel, the main rudder axis is light, smooth, and responsive.
  — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2018
• Drink your tea slowly and reverently as if was the axis on which Earth revolves.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 20 Aug. 2018
• Iran retained a pivotal role in setting the axis’s strategic direction.
  — Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
• The x-axis of the chart is polygenic scores for educational attainment.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 23 Aug. 2018
• Instead, the Houses reflect the earth’s own 24-hour rotation around its axis.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 6 Oct. 2018
• About every 18 months or so, the Earth takes about a second longer to rotate on its axis, ever so slowly grinding to a halt.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 19 July 2018
• Along the axis, a high-energy jet of particles sent photons and neutrinos racing in our direction at or near the speed of light.
  — Smithsonian, 12 July 2018
• These extra axes of rotation allow the knee to bend with a more anatomically correct gliding motion.
  — Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• In nature, there is no distinction between verdant sprouts and decaying leaves: The entire life cycle exists on one axis.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 Sep. 2018
• 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
• There’s going to be an axis of heavy rain just to the west of the storm center.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• 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 Time axis extends from now all the way into the future.
  — Time, 5 Nov. 2019
• 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
• On the date of an equinox, the earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun.
  — Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2019
• 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

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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: 10 Dec 2024