inertia
Example Sentences
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He led with clarity and conviction, refusing to let bureaucratic inertia define the limits of what was possible.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
He’s the kind of guy weighed down by an internal inertia, asleep while standing up, stuck in a rut.
From Los Angeles Times
As the same scenes at the fair are repeated, if gradually expanded, inertia sets in, despite all the to-ing and fro-ing in time.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
