How to Use pendulum in a Sentence

pendulum

noun

• By the 1960s, the pendulum was ready to swing the other way.
  — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
• And this pendulum has swung back and forth over the decades.
  — and David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
• As the decades pass, the pendulum swings between hard and soft regimes.
  — Ian McEwan, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
• By the mid-1980s, though, the pendulum of fashion had swung again.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• But with news that Rodgers was out for the game, the pendulum swung back the other way in a big way.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2021
• The recent strike is just one swing of the pendulum in a long struggle.
  — Adam Hanft, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
• Or will the pendulum swing back the other way, as it as done for most of the season?
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
• In my mind, the reaction was to swing the pendulum to the other side.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 29 Apr. 2022
• The decisions of whether the pendulum has swung too much to one side and should move back to the other side.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Sure, the pendulum could swing back a bit to Democrats, and the midterms may not be as bad for them as last Tuesday.
  — David Paleologos, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2021
• There has been such inequity for so long and now the pendulum must swing the other way.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
• The cart stands in for the mug, and the pendulum represents the sloshing coffee.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2022
• The pendulum in the tech industry has swung from boom to bust in a matter of weeks.
  — Prayag Narula, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• If the speed is low enough, the pendulum will oscillate back and forth.
  — Leila Sloman, WIRED, 5 May 2024
• In the bottom of the fifth, the pendulum really swung for Scappoose.
  — Nikstreng, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
• Until then, see you next time the pendulum swings back.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Oct. 2023
• Perhaps one day the pendulum will swing back the other way.
  — Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
• The knee was a simple hinge, making the lower leg and foot act like a pendulum.
  — Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Some fund managers fear the pendulum has swung too far the other way.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• By the time the clock reached zeroes, the pendulum had swung for Michigan’s defense.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2021
• The pendulum swung too far, and it’s swung back only a little.
  — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2024
• But the pendulum began to swing the other wat that night in Lincoln.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2021
• The way the offensive pendulum has shifted, his numbers could stand the test of time.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
• But for now the pendulum seems to be swinging toward, not away.
  — Nikki Baird, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• And so then that comes in fashion, and probably the pendulum just swings back and forth.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 24 June 2024
• Think of it as a pendulum operating in a rhythm unique to that type of atom.
  — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
• Perhaps the pendulum needs to swing back to some degree.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
• Those days have passed, for the most part, but the pendulum hasn't fully swung in buyers' favor.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
• The technical difference between a watch and a clock is that a clock has a pendulum, while a watch does not.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
• Humans have long kept time to regular phenomena, from the waxing and waning of the moon to the lulling swings of the pendulum in a grandfather clock.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024