How to Use accelerate in a Sentence

accelerate

verb

• She stepped on the gas and the car accelerated.
• She stepped on the gas and accelerated the car.
• The plane accelerated down the runway.
• The rate of economic growth has continued to accelerate.
• He says that cutting taxes will help to accelerate economic growth.
• The Raiders are in a great position to accelerate the process.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
• The two players exchanged ground stroke after ground stroke, the pace of the ball accelerating as the point went on.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Think of it like throwing a rock in a pond and watching the ripples accelerate out around it.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 4 Jan. 2023
• Decelerate and pivot in front of the cone and accelerate again to the next cone.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• Hyde has been adamant the injury to Means won’t accelerate the promotion of prospects.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2022
• Having two of the best to ever play guide fans through it is sure to only help that growth accelerate.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022
• Video of the incident shows one of the back tires appearing to break apart and start smoking as the plane accelerates on the runway.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 10 July 2024
• The company behind the Tylenol and Benadryl brands expects sales growth to accelerate in the second half of the year 9.
  — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 8 May 2025
• Were you guys trying to accelerate or do things faster?
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
• The war in Ukraine is likely to accelerate its adoption.
  — Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2022
• This upward movement would lubricate the base of the ice and accelerate its flow.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 May 2022
• As prices accelerate, the Fed feels pressure to step up its rate hikes, putting the economy at further risk.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• The truck does these things very well and can, in fact, accelerate up a highway on-ramp pulling a 5,000-pound trailer with remarkable ease.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 11 May 2022
• The central bank also opened the door to a pause, accelerating bets that the Fed will hold rates steady at its next meeting in June and cut rates as soon as July.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 14 May 2023
• That means that any sudden car movements – stopping, accelerating, or turning – could cause the tires to skid on top of the snow.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
• Starbucks has to catch up with its customers to accelerate growth.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
• Those losses have accelerated in the last few decades, both because of climate change and land use changes.
  — Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
• The Hornets’ brain trust must find a way to accelerate their path without jeopardizing the future in the process.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2024
• Once the ice shelf is gone, however, the glaciers behind it accelerate their flow into the ocean—and this does increase sea level.
  — Scientific American, 1 June 2023
• Still, core prices have slowed in the recent past only to re-accelerate in subsequent months.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
• Land one of the those top spots in the May 8 lottery, and a rebuilding team could decide to accelerate its timeline through free agency.
  — Jay Cohen, ajc, 14 Apr. 2023
• Some proposals even seek to accelerate and put the brakes on AI development at the same time.
  — Alondra Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2024
• The journey to the EV future is only going to accelerate.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 12 Apr. 2023
• The president claims that the debt projections are wrong, and that accelerated economic growth will compensate for the government’s loss of revenue.
  — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2025
• The drivers' partners, many of whom have turned heads in their own right due to their respective career successes, are often praised for their support and dedication to the accelerating world of F1 racing.
  — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 7 July 2025