How to Use simulate in a Sentence

simulate

verb
  • The model will be used to simulate the effects of an earthquake.
  • Athletes can also simulate stress and train their body to deal with it.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The right-hander will throw one inning and simulate more in the bullpen.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Preskill, for his part, would like to simulate the quantum nature of space-time.
    Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Do role-playing to simulate what is taking place.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Forecast models are simulating a very warm and quite wet first half of the month.
    Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The device goes on from the waist down and has motors at the knees and hips to simulate walking.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2021
  • In a neat touch, screens simulate a window showing views of the Moon.
    Adam Williams may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
  • Then, footage was altered to simulate how a baby shark would process the shapes and movements.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Its yuzu glaze and honey simulate 24K gold flakes, the menu reads.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The one thing India couldn’t simulate in pregame drills was doing things at true game speed.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 6 June 2022
  • Next, Caliskan and colleagues plan to use this method to simulate other types of stars.
    Rahul Rao, Space.com, 23 July 2026
  • Whitetail deer hunting from a treestand is easy to simulate, to.
    Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 1 June 2020
  • This enabled them to simulate some of the universe's most extreme physics.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • That doesn’t mean the coaching staff wasn’t working to simulate game action.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The offense then went into a two-minute period meant to simulate the end of the first half.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The system will simulate a chain, without using a chain.
    New Atlas, 1 June 2026
  • These would allow people to explore, simulate, and learn hands-on.
    Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Blanks are used to simulate the firing of a live bullet with a muzzle flash, recoil and bang.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Overhead truss lighting fills the hangar with hues of red, green and blue, and lighting from above simulates snowflakes.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The whole structure could even be rotated to simulate the motion of the stars.
    Martin Bush, Space.com, 5 July 2025
  • The study involved simulating a seismic slip of rocks along a fault zone using tiny lab quakes.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The deep pressure simulates the snug feeling of side sleeping and can reduce the urge to roll over.
    Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The practice started at noon with the Bears trying to simulate what a home game will be like.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The researchers used climate models to simulate the jet stream in a hotter world.
    Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
  • There’s also a soundproof dark room with bean bag chairs and a motion light that simulates a starry sky.
    Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
  • The plants grown in lunar soil (right) aren't nearly as happy as those grown in a soil meant to simulate it (left).
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 May 2022
  • Inside, heavy boxes sit in rail car aisles meant to simulate the weight of passengers.
    Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Mesgarani says the next step was to simulate a cocktail party at the bedside.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 May 2026
  • So simulate this area well, and at high resolution, and your numbers should scale to the whole ice sheet.
    Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2020

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