How to Use kinetic in a Sentence

kinetic

adjective
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  • Milkon loves to stack blocks and play with play dough and kinetic sand for hours.
    — Boys & Girls Aid / Community Content Partner, OregonLive.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The kinetic chain of mistakes went from the pitcher to the catcher to the second baseman.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 22 May 2018
  • Your forearm is tight, the stress goes somewhere else in the kinetic chain.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The dominos represent the muscles and joints that make up the kinetic chain.
    — Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Your lower back is one of the most important parts of your body's kinetic chain.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The boots work by using kinetic chargers embedded in the heel.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 6 July 2017
  • As is the case with Tesori’s roiling score, their work here is kinetic.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Get the rest of that kinetic chain involved by flexing your feet and straightening your legs.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The foundation of hitting begins with the feet, working its way up the kinetic chain.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The camera moves among the dancers, weaving in and out of the action while giving us a full view of the kinetic bodies onscreen.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • The show has the most kinetic excitement when the groups are together, because that’s just what the show is.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2022
  • These are some of the most kinetic, engaging fights of any Marvel movie to date.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 Dec. 2021
  • In rehearsal, as in life, her body is kinetic and restless.
    — Jordan Kisner, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Included was kinetic sand--sand that sticks to itself and keeps it shape.
    — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 July 2017
  • The ships, known as kinetic impactors, struck their targets head-on.
    — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • For Jaster, the kinetic goals of the workshop are as important as the aesthetic ones.
    — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The direction is marvelous, kinetic, with a great sense of space and an eye for visual flair.
    — Spencer Crittenden, Variety, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The texture is like a thick-brown sugar that sticks together — kind of like kinetic sand.
    — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 1 May 2021
  • This could lead over time toward norms against the use of kinetic antisatellite weapons in outer space.
    — Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The nimble crew that manages to serve drinks, snacks and a four-course meal amid the show’s kinetic frenzy deserves to take a bow.
    — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2019
  • This deepened his sense of caution about the risks of kinetic action and helped the world avoid what would have been an even more apocalyptic war.
    — Richard Fontaine, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The violence is made real, even when it’s stylized in the kinetic battle scene in the second act.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Walking to class, students sign in rapid-fire bursts of kinetic language.
    — B.r.j. O'Donnell, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Across the street from her, a kinetic scrabble of orange and blue runs the height of a five-story brick building like an electric charge.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2019
  • In a lot of scenes, the lighting was very, very kinetic, especially in the battle scenes.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The fizzing dialogue throws you off-guard as you get pulled into this kinetic world of would-be girl power.
    — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Viewers have come for the show’s crazy blend of relaxed ranch drama and kinetic western thriller for three seasons.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Now there appears to be a stampede onto not just these kinetic dance floors but also at wider concert venues.
    — Eamonn Forde, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Ryan’s style is so kinetic, so full of energy and passion.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Anyone going off-road should carry a kinetic rope or strap.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 28 Sep. 2022

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