How to Use oscillation in a Sentence

oscillation

noun

• There has been oscillation between optimism and pessimism among voters.
• This oscillation can come in two forms.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
• These oscillations might have slashed the numbers of squid that the sperm whales eat.
  — National Geographic, 18 Oct. 2016
• The oscillation is rarely this intense, and its hold rarely lasts this long.
  — Brian K Sullivan, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
• But each time the device is powered up, the phase of the oscillation can take on one of two states.
  — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 19 July 2023
• But even in that rhythm, in that oscillation of the economy, things change.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2017
• First, oscillations, or sudden swings in power flow, hit the grid.
  — Julia Simon, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
• Atomic clocks keep time using the steady oscillations of atoms.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
• That’s five times the oscillation degree of our other picks.
  — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2025
• That’s five times the oscillation degree of our other picks.
  — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
• The phase of this oscillation tells us about the overlap between the two pulses.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2018
• Put simply, the system takes time to reset and be ready for its next oscillation.
  — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 7 Aug. 2025
• The oscillation of a standing wave is a seiche.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
• The higher the rate of oscillation, the more complex those figures will be.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2022
• The storm’s the large wind field means that oscillations east or west will affect the storm’s severity on land.
  — Eric Zerkel, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
• There’s not much to quibble with in the market’s to-and-fro oscillations among sectors and themes so far.
  — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
• There are low and high frequency oscillations and convoys of spike trains.
  — Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 20 Oct. 2023
• But not much has created quite as much stir and oscillation between good and bad as the humble egg.
  — Matthew Kadey Rd, Outside Online, 7 May 2021
• Each oscillation was measured at a mere thousandth of a degree.
  — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
• Mountain waves are oscillations in airflow that can happen when the wind blows across a mountain or hill.
  — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 10 Jan. 2025
• His playing centers on heavy oscillations between the strong and weak beats, and never lets up on a groove.
  — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
• In many species, this oscillation occurs in a 20-or-so-year cycle.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024
• And its wavelength is the distance between those oscillations in space.
  — Michael J. Murdoch, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2025
• On fan mode, the device cools a room down with its 350-degree oscillation.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• The length of the oscillation from the eastern limit to the western limit is four and a half inches.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
• This oscillation causes the streams to cross and spread, which forms an adhesive net-like structure in mid-air.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
• In addition to the long-term oscillations, the ice recorded dozens of shorter, wilder swings.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
• This time around, the researchers looked to boost gamma oscillations from inside, rather than outside, the brain.
  — New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
• The fan is able to quickly cool down small living spaces thanks to its powerful breeze and oscillation.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
• But tracking these oscillations and trading them day by day or hour by hour can be a full-time job, and most people already have full-time jobs.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025