How to Use axis in a Sentence

axis

1 of 2 noun
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  • There’s going to be an axis of heavy rain just to the west of the storm center.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • From this core, Killingsworth flexes his power as master of the axis point.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The gut-brain axis is the pathway that connects the gastrointestinal tract and the brain.
    — Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
  • If the path of the earth around the sun were not elliptical and the earth’s axis were 0 degrees, then the length of day wouldn’t change.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The business grew into WeWork, which has pegged its brand to the notion that work is the axis of life.
    — Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019
  • All Murphy has to do these days is merely confirm his next big project and the world halts briefly on its axis to again admire his moxie.
    — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
  • To continue with the World Wars example, these groups include the allies and the axis powers.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 6 Oct. 2019
  • The horizontal axis measures the relative complexity of each country – the further to the right, the more complex.
    — John Authers | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Her chin tilt is the very axis on which the show spins.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The axis of the match shifted back and forth in the early moments.
    — oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023
  • This is part of an axis of evil of Iran and Hezbollah and Hamas.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • In early 2002, Bush put the country on the axis of evil.
    — Lawrence Korb, National Review, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Conceal the pendulums, delete the axes, and just watch the point zip around the 4D space.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
  • This difference is caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis.
    — WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022
  • In this graph, the right-hand axis is my heart rate instead of speed.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2022
  • But, closer to the center of the system, the disk is skewed by the off-axis orbits of the stars.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2020
  • This test rig—called NADS-1—rides on seven belts (six on the x-axis, one on the y).
    — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 11 July 2020
  • But now look at the piece near the axis of rotation (the yellow line).
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
  • It’s called the axis, and this rotation is what gives us day and night.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
  • And there are others who deserve pride of place in the axis as well.
    — Danielle Pletka, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
  • When the world is off its axis, concepts of truth and trust start to get dislodged.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The other axis measures how fun the song is to sing — from fun to super fun.
    — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The Time axis extends from now all the way into the future.
    — Time, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The moon rotates on its axis once during each trip around the Earth.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 16 June 2021
  • Twice a year, the angle of the Earth's axis sits so neither pole tilts toward the sun or away from it.
    — Kolbe Nelson, CBS News, 20 June 2023
  • Still, Matt’s faith seems to have become the central axis of his life.
    — Kevin T. Dugan, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Unlike climate change, seasons are caused by the rotation of the Earth around the sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis.
    — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But time functions on more than one axis in Many Saints.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The Nodes of Destiny move along the lunar axis and show our soul’s purpose.
    — Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The first was Clinique and most recently, its namesake brand Estée Lauder launched with an assortment of products across its three axes — skin care, makeup and fragrance.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
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Axis

2 of 2 adjective
  • The North African war was being waged mostly along coastal areas, where Axis airfields and bases were strung out.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • His bombs destroyed Axis railroad cars and a large gasoline truck outside a depot in Trento.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • And and it was stood up to monitor Axis powers and their propaganda through shortwave radio.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • One such ship is among a large group traveling from Iceland to Russian port city Murmansk, under heavy threat of Axis attack en route.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The same handle ergonomics and Axis locking mechanism are replicated across knives.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Grandfather didn’t tell stories about his Holocaust experience as a young boy, or about his time fighting against his homeland and other Axis powers.
    — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • The Axis occupation of Greece ended with Germany’s withdrawal from the country in October 1944.
    — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Many were planted by Axis propagandists, but others appear to have originated with everyday citizens, frequently arising out of their anxieties, suspicions, prejudices or simple misunderstandings.
    — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The North African war was being waged mostly along coastal areas, where Axis airfields and bases were strung out.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • His bombs destroyed Axis railroad cars and a large gasoline truck outside a depot in Trento.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • And and it was stood up to monitor Axis powers and their propaganda through shortwave radio.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • One such ship is among a large group traveling from Iceland to Russian port city Murmansk, under heavy threat of Axis attack en route.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The same handle ergonomics and Axis locking mechanism are replicated across knives.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Grandfather didn’t tell stories about his Holocaust experience as a young boy, or about his time fighting against his homeland and other Axis powers.
    — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • The Axis occupation of Greece ended with Germany’s withdrawal from the country in October 1944.
    — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Many were planted by Axis propagandists, but others appear to have originated with everyday citizens, frequently arising out of their anxieties, suspicions, prejudices or simple misunderstandings.
    — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024

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