How to Use center of gravity in a Sentence

center of gravity

noun phrase

• Maybe our morals and our sort of center of gravity and our beliefs don't quite fit with the Democrats.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
• But by then, the show’s center of gravity had shifted from Bart to Homer.
  — Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
• When jogging, on the other hand, the center of gravity moves up and down quite a bit with each stride.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
• The cargo basket in back held a lot of stuff, but the cargo would raise the bike's center of gravity.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
• Even healthy trees can fall if they are never pruned and have a poor center of gravity!
  — Dr. Nick Goltz, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
• But the basket did place more of the weight entirely above the wheels, raising the bike's center of gravity.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
• That large amount of mass down low gives many EVs a low center of gravity that aids handling.
  — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2023
• Keep your elbows close to your body, which will help your center of gravity.
  — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
• In the third trimester, growing breast size and a changing center of gravity are likely to blame.
  — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 18 Dec. 2023
• The texture suggests a low center of gravity, as though the wine keeps me grounded.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
• In fact, your lungs contain as much blood as the entire rest of your body, which is why your center of gravity is above your waist.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
• As with all EVs, the low center of gravity afforded by the battery pack helps.
  — Roberto Baldwin, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2024
• The Cote d’Azur has emerged as a new center of gravity in the wellness world, with its own fabulous spin on detoxing.
  — Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
• Landing on your mid-foot shifts your center of gravity forward, which propels you up and over the mound.
  — Julia Ries, Outside Online, 7 Sep. 2024
• Cage, by contrast, is on the verge of losing his family, his home, his past, and his center of gravity as a man.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2024
• The Belmont Tunnel was the center of gravity for L.A.’s graffiti culture in the ’80s and ’90s.
  — Salomon Zavala, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
• The show has always felt like an ensemble, but the center of gravity is this man, Logan.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
• These included better balance in the shoulders, a more aligned center of gravity from side to side, and a straighter spine.
  — Ashley Mateo, SELF, 28 June 2023
• She’s done a great job of getting in the weight room and focusing on her strength, in terms of low center of gravity, time under tension, all of those things.
  — Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
• Older strollers were known for tipping over because of a poor center of gravity.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 July 2023
• By analyzing the hole in the center, the software was able to pinpoint their center of gravity.
  — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
• The Sapphire also does away with the glass canopy roof, replacing it with aluminum, which weighs less and lowers the center of gravity.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
• The waves of protests indicate that the center of gravity in Kenyan politics has shifted.
  — Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
• For several decades, the center of gravity in world politics has been shifting away from the West.
  — Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• And a full tank of fuel moved the center of gravity back beyond the safe limit, resulting in a lot of crashes on takeoff.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2024
• The battery rides under the cargo floor, contributing to a low center of gravity.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2024
• He’s got a great feel for coverage, has a great spatial awareness, good center of gravity.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
• An animal in the run game, Jones has the low center of gravity to anchor against double teams and the quickness to penetrate or flow with perimeter runs.
  — Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
• For one thing, the lander is much more broad at its base with a low center of gravity, which Scholtes said is to counteract the challenge of low gravity that can lead to tipping.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
• For six generations, the 100-year-old white house on East Mariposa Street – with its teeming flower beds and red shingles – was the family’s center of gravity.
  — Matt Friedman, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025