inertia

Example Sentences

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At the end of 1998, after decades of inertia, Germany and 43 other states committed to locating and returning artworks stolen by the Nazis.

From Barron's

As is often the case, though, inertia got in the way.

From The Wall Street Journal

He’s the kind of guy weighed down by an internal inertia, asleep while standing up, stuck in a rut.

From Los Angeles Times

“But I feel like it is so well established in the state at this point that it has the inertia to carry it through those challenges.”

From Seattle Times

All this evokes the inertia of an aging empire.

From Washington Post