CENTRIPETAL in a Sentence

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And she had a shamed recollection of the way in which, a few hours since, she had felt the centripetal force of their standards.

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 Meanings and Examples of CENTRIPETAL
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centripetal
 a.  tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis
Classic Sentence:
1  And she had a shamed recollection of the way in which, a few hours since, she had felt the centripetal force of their standards.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
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  Does centripetal force or the force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth's surface?.