PHYSICS in a Sentence

Learn PHYSICS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

302 example sentences for PHYSICS, such as:

1. But a profound physical dislike.
2. He is a giant in the field of physics.
3. He tends to avoid all physical contact.
4. Of physical life they lived very little.
5. Cut down your overall amount of physical activity.

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 Meanings and Examples of PHYSICS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
physics
 n.  the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something
 n.  the science of matter and energy and their interactions
Classic Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
1  Ten to eleven, English; eleven to twelve, French; twelve to one, physics.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  He crossed the hall and took the corridor to the left which led to the physics theatre.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
3  The highest wisdom is not founded on reason alone, not on those worldly sciences of physics, history, chemistry, and the like, into which intellectual knowledge is divided.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II
4  But for history, the state and power are merely phenomena, just as for modern physics fire is not an element but a phenomenon.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER IV
5  But what surprised him most and gave him the greatest pleasure was the palace of sciences, where he saw a gallery two thousand feet long, and filled with instruments employed in mathematics and physics.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
6  The flesh poured over her, the hot, nerve wired, now lit up, now dark as the grave physical body.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
7  It was obvious in them too that love had gone through them: that is, the physical experience.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  Of physical life they lived very little.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
9  He roused in the woman a wild sort of compassion and yearning, and a wild, craving physical desire.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
10  The physical desire he did not satisfy in her; he was always come and finished so quickly, then shrinking down on her breast, and recovering somewhat his effrontery while she lay dazed, disappointed, lost.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  She still wanted the physical, sexual thrill she could get with him by her own activity, his little orgasm being over.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  Sex might be a sort of normal physical conversation between a man and a woman.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
13  The physical sense of injustice is a dangerous feeling, once it is awakened.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
14  'I do think sufficient civilization ought to eliminate a lot of the physical disabilities,' said Clifford.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
15  But a profound physical dislike.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
Example Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
16  In physics, a torque is a vector that measures the tendency of a force to rotate an object about some axis.
17  He is a giant in the field of physics.
18  His work in theoretical physics, which I will not attempt to explain further here, has advance our understanding of the universe.
19  A $15m computer that uses "quantum physics" effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility.
20  Cut down your overall amount of physical activity.
21  Any form of physical activity will invalidate the results.
22  Muscles contract and relax during physical activity.
23  She has a low threshold of boredom and needs the constant stimulation of physical activity.
24  Aim to do some physical activity three times a week for optimum health.
25  Regular physical activity helps to control your weight.
26  Children need physical contact with a caring adult.
27  He tends to avoid all physical contact.
28  Psychological problems very often underlie apparently physical disorders.
29  We should prevent the occurrence of physical violence.
30  The centre offers activities for everyone, whatever your age or physical condition.