CENTRIFUGAL in a Sentence

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At that distance they accordingly stood, fixed there by the centrifugal force of the repugnance which the mystic symbol inspired.

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 Meanings and Examples of CENTRIFUGAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
centrifugal
 a.  radiating; departing from the center
Classic Sentence:
1  At that distance they accordingly stood, fixed there by the centrifugal force of the repugnance which the mystic symbol inspired.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
2  What I think of on this point is, when self is the fixed point the centripetal force is balanced with the centrifugal; when duty, a cause, etc.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence:
1  Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by centrifugal force.