How to Use gravitate in a Sentence

gravitate

verb
  • The guests gravitated toward the far side of the room.
  • Many young people now gravitate toward careers in the computer industry.
  • Voters have started gravitating to him as a possible candidate.
  • The conversation gravitated to politics.
  • While some stars gravitate toward the same color over and over again, the 46-year-old loves to mix things up.
    Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • From the start, O’Connor seemed to gravitate toward ballads that skewed slow and drumless, as if trying to halt time and be heard.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Worms may not have ears, but many gravitate toward or flee from sounds that aren’t being made by worms.
    Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
  • There’s certainly the potential for some of them to gravitate to Jones-Wright.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Still, many of us gravitate towards cereal and dairy milk as a quick and easy breakfast.
    Brittany Edelmann, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • How to look for bed bugs Bed bugs gravitate toward places with fabric where humans like to lounge, like beds and sofas.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Those GMs gravitated to the radio duo, their history with the restaurant, and their beer.
    Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • At the end of the outing, a group of students gravitated to chat with Harry, while Megan posed for photos with some young women.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Why: Forage like suckers, carp, and bluegills gravitate to the shallows following ice-out, and muskies know where to find their food.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
  • So even if a hybrid arrangement stands the test of time, the workers who gravitate towards the office are likely to reap the most rewards.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Gratitude acts as a kind of course correction, easing us away from the dark paths to which our minds gravitate—minds that are built to see the glass as half empty.
    Time, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Over the past few years, in-the-know travelers have gravitated toward still-sleepy Pererenan, one beach to the west.
    Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Nov. 2023
  • While there are so many jacket options out there, trench coats seem to be the style celebrities are gravitating toward this fall.
    Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • If nearby areas allow wider access to guns, those guns will tend to gravitate to the big cities, regardless of how tough the gun laws are in those cities.
    Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
  • Wiener seems to gravitate to campaigns with a high degree of difficulty, even back in his days at Duke.
    Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Heels was sold as these two wrestling brothers who can’t get out of their own way, but there came a point where the show just gravitated towards your character.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Meat lovers will gravitate towards the Big Basin, loaded with sausage, bacon, ham and cheddar cheese, or the Supreme, with skirt steak, gruyere, onion, pepper and mushrooms.
    Laura Ness, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • On the other hand, Google users will gravitate towards the Nest doorbell camera and device lineup.
    Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
  • In the outside world, here is also where many of us gravitate toward when entering a restaurant.
    Erika Houle, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • All those high-tech companies would let out, and people would gravitate toward their favorite spot to see who was hanging out at the bar.
    Laura Ness, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2024
  • One of his simplest ideas was one that all the filmmakers gravitated towards.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • But as the days rolled on, Wahid and Christina gravitated towards one another.
    Francesca Street, CNN, 5 May 2023
  • There will always be a portion of the market that will gravitate toward influencer brands.
    Kati Chitrakorn, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2023
  • However, that changed and the sound gravitated toward the band’s original sound.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 20 June 2023
  • Since his year in the corporate world, Browne had gravitated toward wearing suits—Brooks Brothers, like his dad.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Growing up in Illinois, Young gravitated toward cars and has always worked on them as a hobby.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023

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