How to Use inversion in a Sentence

inversion

noun
Definition of inversionnext
  • Inversion of the two words changes the meaning of the sentence.
  • The steep drops don’t seem to affect me like the inversions do.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The inversion of the yield curve also could hurt banks.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 10 Apr. 2022
  • That’s kind of a wild inversion of what our values are and what our track record is.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 7 Aug. 2020
  • More than a year of inversion in the yield curve between 2-year and 10-year Treasurys.
    — Karen Langley, WSJ, 25 July 2023
  • For many Southerners, the arrival of Etheridge and his men was the inversion of that sight.
    — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022
  • If the launch speed wasn’t enough, Maxx Force has the world’s fastest inversion as passengers flip in the air at 60 mph.
    — Nic Napier, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The Cardinals been an inversion of the Chiefs through the season thus far.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Last week, the inversion on yields reached its widest level since the early 1980s.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The good news is that a winter storm is expected to break up the inversion next week.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The inversion—which last reached these levels a decade ago—has caught traders and investors off guard.
    — Sebastian Pellejero, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
  • In a canny act of inversion, we, the ones watching, are winked at and ogled alongside her.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The storm will scour out the inversion and pollution in Utah’s valleys.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Dec. 2021
  • And there’s a fascinating inversion of the film-noir trope of the femme fatale.
    — Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
  • But in the wind’s place has come an inversion that has trapped a thick layer of smoke over much of Douglas County.
    — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The deeper the inversion of the curve, the closer the cycle is to its end, and, barring a soft landing, recession.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The inversion is limiting the normal mixing of the air mass.
    — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The inversion of the Treasury yield curve suggests such an outcome.
    — Joe Davis, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Utahns who live along the Wasatch Front are familiar with inversion — the smog that fouls the air during winter.
    — Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
  • In an inversion of the Fight Club rule, people on Clubhouse do talk about Clubhouse.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 17 Mar. 2021
  • When this happens, and short-term bonds end up yielding more than long-term bonds, it’s called a yield curve inversion.
    — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
  • An inversion of the yield curve is likely in the next week or so that would bring recession into the headlines.
    — Tom Aspray, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The inversion occurs when the surface of the Earth is cooler than higher up in the atmosphere.
    — Fox News, 14 May 2020
  • The guitarist who came up with the iconic riff at the heart of the song said it was based on an inversion of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • To perch on the forms, to be partially nested by them, is to partake of a pleasant inversion.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The line-up for Sunday’s race will feature an inversion of the top 20 finishers from the day before.
    — Kelly Crandall, USA TODAY, 27 June 2020
  • For some forecasters, the inversion of the yield curve has been a sure sign a recession is coming.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The air was cool along the corridor, an inversion layer pushing smoke down to the roadway, which has been shut down since Aug. 20.
    — Sarah Ravani, Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The best feature is the wind-tension frame system, which can withstand heavy winds and prevent inversion.
    — Claire Volkman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Harris can present herself as a blank slate to voters in a way that Trump cannot, an inversion of recent incumbent-challenger patterns.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 22 July 2024

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