How to Use cyclic in a Sentence

cyclic

adjective
  • Click here to watch a video on how to do cyclic breathing.
    Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • The procedure is cyclic and must not be abused or skipped.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • That’s a little bit cyclic as well, with the tight end production.
    Jeff Zrebiec, baltimoresun.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Steinhardt and Turok’s model of a cyclic universe is one of them.
    Sophie Putka, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2021
  • In cyclic sighing, a person inhales through the nose until the lungs are halfway full, then pauses briefly.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • That means the Big Bounce, along with other cyclic universe theories, could be disproved by the mere presence of these waves.
    Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The cyclic character of SREs was first noted by German researchers in the forties of the 20th century.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2016
  • This pest tends to be cyclic, with outbreaks occurring several years apart.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 29 July 2017
  • Specifically, a breathwork called cyclic sighing helps to quickly reduce stress and improve the way your body feels.
    Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • The way mainstream women’s movements continue to unfold is cyclic.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Most drugs target genes with cyclic expression patterns.
    Allessandra Dicorato, STAT, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Hunters could see dead deer as a result of the disease this hunting season, the commission said in a news alert, but should know that the recent outbreak is cyclic and the deer population will rebound.
    Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The last variation ends with a cyclic return to the opening of the quintet, and McGill was able here to communicate, with the same material, a new and final solemnity.
    Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Its cyclic winning structure ensures that no choice uniquely outranks any other.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Follow a cyclic morning routine, for example, that covers simple tasks such as your wake-up time, brushing teeth, bathing, breakfast, etc.
    Ankit Mehta, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • Trans men who have had a mastectomy and still get a period may also experience cyclic pain from the minimal amount of breast tissue that may remain on the chest.
    Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 29 July 2022
  • With the upcycle of hares there had been an upcycle of raptors — a common occurrence in cyclic prey populations.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Moth caterpillars at outbreak levels can strip millions of trees of their leaves in the height of the growing season, but these outbreaks are sporadic or cyclic; most years spongy moths are sparse and do no visible damage.
    Richard S. Ostfeld, STAT, 31 July 2023
  • In cyclic hyperventilation, a person breathes in deeply and out quickly — the inhalations are much longer than the exhalations.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The baby was healthy except for suffering from cyclic vomiting syndrome, Bundy said, unable to keep anything down except his mother's breast milk.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The baby was healthy except for suffering from cyclic vomiting syndrome, Bundy said, unable to keep anything except his mother’s breast milk down.
    Andrew Selsky, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • Ruffed grouse typically follow a ten-year population cycle with cyclic highs occurring in years that end in 9, 0 or 1.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2021
  • By building on this idea, volcanologists could help predict more precisely when those cyclic eruptions will come.
    Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The malware breaks large data streams into small packets or frames that include a preamble, a payload, and a 16-bit cyclic redundancy check to ensure the data was sent correctly.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The changes allowed Chin and his colleagues to string the new amino acids together in a series of cyclic structures that closely resemble existing antibiotics and antitumor drugs.
    Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 June 2021
  • While Montano's illness has consisted of a similar set of cyclic symptoms, Schiavo's has been one of constant surprises.
    Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2020
  • The clips all showed a cyclic frequency pattern, which the team replicated using machine learning to form completely electronic, non-natural sounds.
    Ida Emilie Steinmark, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2022
  • High import and transportation costs make seeds and fertilizer more expensive than anywhere else on the planet, while cyclic droughts pose a serious threat to crops production in a region where 98 percent is rain-fed.
    Marcello Rossi, Smithsonian, 12 Feb. 2018
  • However, breathing was more effective than meditation, with cyclic sighing making the most difference, the study found.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Hinduism and Buddhism, for example, adopted a cyclic view of time that suggested the eventual return of the world to its former state; nothing is permanent, and even death is merely a passage to rebirth and renewal.
    Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2020

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