Sentence examples for gravity lessening from inspiring English sources

This is because the upward air motion counteracts gravity, lessening the weight of the atmosphere in that location.

For example, land-dwelling mammals are probably limited to a certain maximum size by the effects of gravity (which is lessened in water because of the effects of buoyancy) and insects may be limited to a maximum body size by their mostly passive respiratory systems.

When an inmate is photographed in a T-shirt, or the sporty white shirt and slacks that are issued at Huntsville, Tex., it seems for a moment like a breath of air, lessening for just a moment the tension gravity of each man's or woman's situation.

Light verse precisely lightens; it lessens the gravity of its subject.

Not that that lessens the gravity of the crime, but it would, apparently, lessen the narrative power for the audience.

At the time, Yaqoob described Galloway's comments as "deeply disappointing and wrong" and said the "political issues" surrounding Assange's case should not be used to lessen the gravity of the accusations against him.

In a posting on her own website on Tuesday, Yaqoob emphatically distanced herself from Galloway's comments, saying the "political issues" surrounding Assange's case should not be used to lessen the gravity of the accusations against him.

"The passage of time has not lessened the gravity of the offenses," he says.

But the pressure is lessening.

The cloud was initially populated in the early days of the solar system by the gravity of Uranus and Neptune sweeping up debris and flinging it outward, but Jupiter and Saturn are so strong, Dr. Levison said, that, first of all, they threw a lot of the junk out of the solar system altogether, lessening the size of this cosmic arsenal.

Lessening Congo's Violence.