How to Use momentum in a Sentence

momentum

noun
  • The movie loses momentum toward the end.
  • The company has had a successful year and hopes to maintain its momentum by introducing new products.
  • So this all gained a lot of momentum.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2026
  • Many agreed with the momentum in the turn.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • There is nowhere to hide when momentum shifts.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Both paths are risky, and both slow momentum.
    Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This momentum could grind to a halt in the weeks and months to come.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
  • By this time, the momentum is gone.
    Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • And there’s more momentum on the way.
    Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
  • To build the momentum out of last year was big, and to grow the week out.
    Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 19 Dec. 2019
  • The momentum didn’t last at first.
    Alex Valdes, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But in a game with a lot of momentum swings, the Cougars came back.
    oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2021
  • Yet the very momentum that drives this progress also tilts the scales.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Each small touch builds momentum.
    John Palinkas, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The momentum shifted in the blink of an eye.
    William Guillory, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • That seemed to halt the Chiefs’ momentum.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • With all the momentum, the Valkyries looked poised to cruise to an easy win.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • For two and half years, Poilievre had built momentum as the agent of change.
    Stephen Maher, TIME, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The big momentum shift of the game came just past the midway point of the first half.
    Steve Millar, Daily Southtown, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Khosla, for his part, insists this wasn’t just a momentum trade.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Even so, the sergeant’s defense seemed to have some momentum.
    Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 3 Nov. 2017
  • In the same way, the momentum of a dancer’s body can control the spin of the pole.
    Carly Breit, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • By that time, the project had momentum — which means leverage.
    Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • If done too quickly, momentum can be lost.
    Muhammad Nabeel Shamim, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The idea started with a need for momentum.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Don't lose your momentum in getting this deal!
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • There is no momentum tailwind here yet.
    Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 June 2026
  • Portland will take quite a bit of momentum into the break off that.
    oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Times Up has gained a lot of momentum over the past couple of months.
    Lauren Adhav, Cosmopolitan, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The assault keeps him out of the combine and more or less kills his momentum.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025

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