inertia
Example Sentences
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One is simple inertia — finding a provider can feel overwhelming.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026
"You have to take responsibility for your happiness and never stay out of resentment or inertia or acceptance," she said.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
It further telegraphed the kind of ideological inertia in which Juneteenth — and any other present-day discussion of slavery in America — too easily becomes mired.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
Because of this enormous planetary inertia, scientists expect sea levels to keep rising for many centuries.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
His very smell like that of coming winter, a tomb, the heavy inertia of time.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing inertia
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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The Things They Carried
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"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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