centripetal
adjective
directed toward the center (opposed to centrifugal).
centripetally
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a word derived from
centripetal.
Example Sentences
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Like many European auteurs before him, Donnersmarck, who was thirty-three when he won, found himself drawn centripetally toward Hollywood.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019
It appears to lie within my mental eyeball, and to be viewed centripetally.
From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Sir Francis Galton
At the clanking sound our little circle centripetally disintegrated, as if by sheer magic; and I was left somewhat dizzily to face a renewal of reality.
From The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
Still entangled with my slumbers, I hesitated to respond to the friendly hands that were everywhere thrust centripetally toward me.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various
For instance, one developed a chronic habit of running centripetally round a constantly diminishing circle, fainting on arriving at the geometrical centre.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 by Various
