gravity

In a sentence

Six example sentences with gravity, each labelled with its topic.

• A feather and a hammer fall together on the moon because gravity pulls both at the same rate without air.

  Science

• Satellites drift out of position over months, and engineers fire small thrusters to correct for gravity from the moon and sun.

  Technology

• Climbers train on overhangs precisely because gravity works hardest there, pulling the body away from the wall at every move.

  Fitness

• A high arc lets gravity bring the ball down steeply into the hoop, giving the shot a wider target.

  Basketball

• The game's physics engine models gravity faithfully, so a dropped crate accelerates exactly as it would on Earth.

  Gaming

• A stone arch works with gravity, turning the downward pull of every block into a squeeze that holds the whole curve together.

  Architecture

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains gravity. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

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