How to Use static electricity in a Sentence

static electricity

noun

• In dry weather, static electricity can cause clothes to cling.
• Sure enough, when the kite was in the sky, static electricity moved down the wet string as far as the key—but not through the silk ribbon to his body.
  — Timothy J. Jorgensen, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2021
• What to do: Blow up the balloon and have your kid rub it against the wool or their hair to build up static electricity.
  — Rebecca Renner, National Geographic, 10 June 2020
• Aluminum sheets were placed in the front and rear wheel wells that are meant to remove static electricity from the bumper.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023
• When the opposing charges switch places, static electricity is released and gives birth to the flash of blue seen above the clouds.
  — Popular Science, 26 Jan. 2021
• The very dry air (dew points in the single digits) doesn’t help either, and there is sure to be lots of static electricity in the air tonight.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2018
• The cool air in a freezer helps eliminate some of the static electricity that makes the plastic wrap stick to itself.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2024
• Think headache, lethargy, and the feeling as if your brain has been replaced by static electricity.
  — Alisa Bowman, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
• The fibers are then charged by passing them through a device that produces static electricity.
  — USA Today, 7 Jan. 2022
• Dew points may get very dry, into the 30s, producing some small static electricity again or even some dry skin.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
• As the satellite orbited Earth, the objects inside were in a state of constant free fall, but static electricity worked to hold them still.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2022
• One key to harvesting the ocean’s clean energy—at least a little of it—may lie in static electricity.
  — Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2021
• Due to their size and lack of static electricity, the gems do not stick to the dirt, but are more easily identified following a heavy rain storm and sunshine.
  — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2019
• Buildings were burned after being struck by lightning from static electricity in the ash cloud, which reached the stratosphere.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2018
• In the dry desert environment, wind moving over dirt and sand particles can be enough to build up a cache of static electricity.
  — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2016
• It is said that static electricity follows the path of least resistance.
  — Andy Saunders, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2021
• The marvel of static electricity once seemed a promising way forward in the great electrification of the world.
  — Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2019
• The static electricity forms in the dryer as loose electrons give clothing atoms a negative charge.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2024
• But my best guess now is somewhat like static electricity.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 May 2019
• If that's a static electricity interaction, how did the sock get charged?
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022
• Vapors from butane can release gas clouds, and a mere spark of static electricity can set off a fiery explosion.
  — Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2022
• The pre-fall collisions, the researchers found, built up static electricity between the beads—a lot like the forces that keep living room dust bunnies together.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 12 Dec. 2019
• The friction created by breaking up the beans generates static electricity that makes the coffee clump together and stick to the grinder.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2023
• And while cats are not the main culprits of creating this static electricity, their fur is an ideal conductor.
  — New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2024
• The cause of the explosion was never established but was thought to a spark from machinery or static electricity igniting a buildup of grain dust.
  — Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 1 May 2018
• Amber is the fossilized resin of prehistoric trees; when rubbed, it becomes charged with static electricity.
  — The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
• That’s sort of what’s happening with the balloon and wool: Rubbing the balloon builds up a negative charge, which creates static electricity.
  — Rebecca Renner, National Geographic, 10 June 2020
• In order to tame the static electricity, moisture is needed to weigh down the hair and diminish the charge, which is why Ellis suggests grabbing a leave-in cream, hairspray, or dry shampoo.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 1 Feb. 2023
• One cause is static electricity from particles rubbing together in dense ash clouds near the ground.
  — Fox News, 13 Aug. 2019
• Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen and more.
  — quantamagazine.org, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024