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
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• Greene showcased record velocity with his fastball and dared hitters to try to catch up with it.
  — The Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2022
• A lot of guys have the arm strength to do it, but to move, throw against your body and have the combination of velocity and touch down the field — few quarterbacks can do it.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
• The exit velocity off his bat is eye-popping for his age.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2022
• But his velocity dropped dramatically in the top of the fourth, convincing manager Mike Shildt to remove him from the game.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• Research suggests that the velocity at which the blood flows through the aortic valve (the main artery that carries oxygen-rich blood to the heart) is high, and those with a Still’s murmur also have smaller aortic diameters, leading to the sound.
  — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024