How to Use pendulum in a Sentence

pendulum

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  • And this pendulum has swung back and forth over the decades.
    — and David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • As the decades pass, the pendulum swings between hard and soft regimes.
    — Ian McEwan, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The recent strike is just one swing of the pendulum in a long struggle.
    — Adam Hanft, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The decisions of whether the pendulum has swung too much to one side and should move back to the other side.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • There has been such inequity for so long and now the pendulum must swing the other way.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In the bottom of the fifth, the pendulum really swung for Scappoose.
    — Nikstreng, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • Until then, see you next time the pendulum swings back.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Perhaps one day the pendulum will swing back the other way.
    — Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The knee was a simple hinge, making the lower leg and foot act like a pendulum.
    — Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Some fund managers fear the pendulum has swung too far the other way.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The way the offensive pendulum has shifted, his numbers could stand the test of time.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Those days have passed, for the most part, but the pendulum hasn't fully swung in buyers' favor.
    — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The pendulum swung so far the other way, away from guitar music, the emotional core of the lyrics.
    — William Earl, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The Cyclops is also back, with its pendulum swinging high above the ground as the claw rotates.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Dole lost, of course, but in recent years the age pendulum has swung back to older leaders.
    — Lawrence K. Altman, STAT, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But five years later, some worry the pendulum has begun to swing back on the effects of #MeToo.
    — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Often, being this high on a boat can feel like a pendulum.
    — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The tricky thing with a year like the one Swift has had is that the pendulum eventually swings in the other direction.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2023
  • But now, the proverbial pendulum has swung and a new tough-on-crime era seems to be creeping up through the cracks of our good intentions.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • As more and more sports media rights come up and streaming becomes a part of those deals, the pendulum is going to shift.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • But then, like so many places recently, the pendulum swung.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • So at some point, the pendulum will probably swing back.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The pendulum may again be starting to swing — if ever so slightly — the other way.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Who knows, maybe the pendulum’s swinging the other way based on how people have been responding to the movie.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
  • At present, this pendulum ought to be sitting firmly within the GOP’s hands.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Scream'n Centipede is a fun indoor roller coaster, and G-Force One is the newest ride that swings and twirls like a pendulum.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 14 May 2023
  • Addai-Robinson: In order to not have such an impact, the pendulum has to swing.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Perhaps the pendulum was always going to swing back the other way.
    — Claire Cohen, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The Bay Area’s parade of March storms came to an end Wednesday afternoon as the weather pendulum swung from cold and wet to warm and dry.
    — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In contrast, the pendulum movement of walking reduces the impact force on the feet and legs to a minimum.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024

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