weightlessness
Example Sentences
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A person falling freely in a lift, for example, would experience weightlessness.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
She spent more than 320 days in space on her last mission, but she said the sensation of weightlessness had never lingered so long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The Elle article describes the role of Monday’s Blue Origin crew—on a rocket that flies itself—as “experiencing weightlessness and looking out the windows.”
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025
So time in the weightlessness of space can take years to fully recover from.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
This sloshing was to imitate space, where weightlessness would cause the fluid in our inner ears to float.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
