Example Sentences

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“For the longest time I was gravitating between anger and sadness,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

But I saw that she was gravitating toward period costumes.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2020

A freelancer throughout the 1970s, he was gravitating toward a life of painting and film when, as he puts it, a “serendipitous spin” gave him an immersive entree into local history.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2018

“Where do I fit in the world? Where do I fit in time? I didn’t know I was gravitating toward those stories.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2017

Imagination loses itself in this sublime Infinity, amid which the projectile was gravitating, like a new star created by the hand of man.

From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules