kinetic energy
Example Sentences
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“It doesn’t just stop a blade. It spreads the kinetic energy across the fabric. The yards can work almost like a conveyor belt, preventing energy from concentrating at a single point.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
The system's kinetic energy stopped increasing and leveled off.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026
He brought both a rough male texture to his direction and a kinetic energy that matched the violence of life in medieval Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
It is his sprinting prowess in particular that his rivals pinpoint as a defining factor, with the higher approach speed generating greater kinetic energy and creating the foundation for greater heights.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
It keeps spinning faster—all that kinetic energy forced down the neck of the funnel until it’s blaring like an alarm—then it falls silent as it drops into the black abyss of the funnel.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
