How to Use velocity in a Sentence

velocity

noun
  • The greater the distance from the surface, the greater the velocity of the flow speed.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The plot moves with the velocity of a gangster movie with a sneaky sense of humor.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The slope of this second fit gives a velocity of 7.7 km/s.
    WIRED, 11 Oct. 2022
  • His velocity climbed all the way back up to 103.9 miles per hour in the outing, which marked his fastest pitch of the season.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 14 July 2024
  • Five more had an exit velocity of at least 95 mph, so even some of the outs were loud.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2024
  • Much of pitching is physics: how to leverage your body to get the most torque, and thus velocity.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Marsh saw his changeup velocity sit around 87-88 mph — the sweet spot he’s looked for in camp.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • But the velocity has been down a tick (to 94.5 mph on average) and he’s struggled to trust it.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • To them, the years have whistled past with the screaming velocity of a Josh Allen spiral.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The Vikram-S reached a maximum velocity of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, according to the video.
    Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • For decades, the talent wars have been the greatest constraint to tech growth and velocity.
    Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • There has been a lot of velocity both on my Facebook page and through my website.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The air that is near the inlet cowl moves at a much higher velocity than air that is farther from the inlet.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The velocity is down a few ticks since injuries wiped out the better part of two seasons.
    Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • The game is at a point where velocity can be trained; some other attributes cannot.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • Third, the hand must also be on the back of the ball to give it forward velocity, but not too far back to prevent the necessary torque for the spin.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Thanks to the velocity of pop culture, new bands are getting hyped more and more in the mainstream media.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • In the minor leagues, Williams could skate by on the pure velocity of his fastball and movement of his changeup alone.
    Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2022
  • The velocity on his sinker has dipped a worrisome 2.3 miles per hour since ‘21.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • And yes, the Great White, a 4-story high tower for a steep, chilling, high-velocity slide.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 23 June 2022
  • The answer was yes, and a search turned up a Ruger .22-caliber high-velocity air rifle.
    Frank Stanfield, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
  • The pressure in the pipe could be incorrect, meaning the exit velocity of the gas isn’t quite right, or high winds could cause the flame to flicker.
    Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The Royals hit six balls of at least 96.9 miles per hour in exit velocity off Gallen, who faced the Royals for the first time in his career.
    José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022
  • At the same time, high-velocity winds had created a cavity around the white dwarf.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Later, the velocity began to dip and the wrong numbers began to rise.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2022
  • That said, Sale’s velocity in April is likely to be low by his standards.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Souza took a close 2-2 pitch to work a full count before his first home run, which left the bat at 98 miles per hour for his lowest exit velocity of the night.
    Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The more wave peaks that pass that point, the better our estimation of each wave’s velocity.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And with pitcher Jack Flaherty lacking both command and velocity, Roberts had three fraught options before him.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
  • There are other players, but the company believes that its chemical propulsion systems allow for higher changes in velocity.
    Dan Primack, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024

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