How to Use gravitate in a Sentence

gravitate

verb
Definition of gravitatenext
Synonyms for gravitatenext
  • The guests gravitated toward the far side of the room.
  • Many young people now gravitate toward careers in the computer industry.
  • Voters have started gravitating to him as a possible candidate.
  • The conversation gravitated to politics.
  • While some stars gravitate toward the same color over and over again, the 46-year-old loves to mix things up.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • At a certain point, the show just seemed to want to gravitate towards her.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022
  • The way the other Ducks in the flock gravitated toward him.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Yoko and Linda got along very, very well and gravitated to one side of the couch in the big living room.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Given the steady flow of top recruits that gravitate to UConn, that’s fair.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The store has a light and airy feel, without the kitsch that many vintage stores gravitate toward.
    — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Life lessons - more so than football - are what the players gravitate to.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 14 July 2022
  • Maguire hopes people will gravitate toward it as a kind of art piece.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2022
  • From the start, O’Connor seemed to gravitate toward ballads that skewed slow and drumless, as if trying to halt time and be heard.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • When moving through the stages of change, people tend to gravitate toward the phase that feels the most comfortable.
    — Womensmedia, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Worms may not have ears, but many gravitate toward or flee from sounds that aren’t being made by worms.
    — Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Just do something, and things will sort of gravitate toward it.
    — Mike Sacks, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2022
  • At dusk, my next-door neighbors set up their firepit, and neighbors on the block all gravitated over.
    — Dylan Tupper Rupert, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
  • When coming up with on-the-fly passwords, people’s minds tend to gravitate toward the same themes.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
  • And people tend to gravitate to servers that are seen as more trustworthy.
    — WIRED, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Not only will items gravitate to the correct spots, but those spots will likely evolve.
    — Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Once there’s a hit, then everybody will gravitate to that.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Make your brand a reliable source and people will gravitate to you over time.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Rivals turned lovers is a common enough rom-com trope and one that Mindy Kaling seems to gravitate toward.
    — Abby Govindan, Vulture, 15 July 2021
  • And yet, multiple times a day, his finger would gravitate to the little square icon.
    — Time, 14 Dec. 2022
  • No one’s going to outwork him and people gravitate to that.
    — Steve Millar, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • There’s certainly the potential for some of them to gravitate to Jones-Wright.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Still, many of us gravitate towards cereal and dairy milk as a quick and easy breakfast.
    — Brittany Edelmann, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Fans of the show seemed to gravitate quite favorably to that storyline.
    — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The anguished frenzy reminded me of the scene across the street from then-Staples Center in those days after Kobe’s death, when thousands of people gravitated to that block of restaurants and bars and a purple-and-gold memorial grew.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Bold Colors And Textures While serene neutrals always have a place in the garden, homeowners are gravitating toward bold new colors.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025

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