How to Use elliptical in a Sentence

elliptical

1 of 2 adjective
  • The moon follows an elliptical path around the Earth.
  • To be that elliptical, to trust your voice that much, in pop music.
    — Ricky Ian Gordon, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Want to have a little cry while going hard on the elliptical?
    — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 20 June 2023
  • The leaves are dark green, elliptical, glossy, thick, and leathery.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The ride travels on an elliptical track and whips riders around bends.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Liu’s team argues that the new elliptical wing design bridges the gap.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Maybe your foot feels like pins and needles halfway through your elliptical session.
    — Amber Brenza, SELF, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This clever piece of equipment can act as an elliptical, stepper, and treadmill.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Already budgeting time for the elliptical or the free weights area ahead of your next gym visit?
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
  • This nub moves in an elliptical motion, making a figure eight.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Foliage is elliptical and blue-gray in color.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Juno is in a highly elliptical orbit of Jupiter, so spends most of its time far from the gas giant.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 25 May 2022
  • For the next week, the craft will travel along an elliptical orbit that takes it almost half a million miles past the moon.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Her writing is elliptical and episodic, as if tracing the movement of her mind.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • That happens because the moon moves around the Earth in an elliptical orbit.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • That represents the perigee—or low point—in the moon's elliptical orbit around our planet.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The moon's orbit is elliptical, so some full moons appear bigger and brighter from Earth.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • To loosen her legs, Henson will start with the elliptical machine or treadmill.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 30 June 2021
  • The moon's orbit is elliptical, or egg-shaped, rather than a perfect circle around the Earth.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The moon's orbit is elliptical, or egg-shaped, rather than a perfect circle around the Earth.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The crew will spend their first 24 hours after launch in an elliptical orbit around the Earth.
    — Miles Doran, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Would the regulars watch me on the elliptical machine, judging the ways a fat body jiggles and sways?
    — Marie Southard Ospina, SELF, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The cause is Mercury’s orbit of the sun, which is slightly elliptical.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Their craggy surfaces open into elliptical caves whose placement can suggest an eye or a mouth, lined with copses rather than teeth.
    — Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2022
  • This could be slow running, walking, or an easy session on the spin bike or elliptical, Agnew says.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Olive green dials that shift depending on the light, paired with the familiar elliptical case.
    — Stephen Watson, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In most binary star systems, two stars orbit each other in elliptical paths.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The moon's orbit of Earth follows what scientists call an elliptical path, shaped more like an oval than a circle.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Researchers were not surprised, having modelled where the planet ought to be on its elliptical orbit.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • What goes around comes around, and this elliptical shape is making its mark all over the new furnishings, fixtures, and accessories.
    — Parker Bowie Larson, ELLE Decor, 23 Nov. 2022

elliptical

2 of 2 noun
  • But there’s a lot more to this elliptical than just easy storage.
    — Dave Johnson, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
  • And those who have housemates or live in apartments may need to find an elliptical that's on the quieter side.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Just like with other new forms of exercise, start out slowly on the elliptical.
    — Korin Miller, Good Housekeeping, 12 Oct. 2021
  • So where to start without shelling out thousands on an exercise bike or elliptical?
    — Tanya Edwards, CNN Underscored, 29 July 2020
  • The watch will be able to share information such as heart rate with treadmills, ellipticals, and more.
    — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2017
  • My fitness center has three rows of treadmills and ellipticals.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This has a compact design but still offers 18″ of stride just like a large elliptical.
    — Tim Kohut, BGR, 17 May 2021
  • This under desk elliptical is the perfect way to get some exercise in while working.
    — Kara Cuzzone, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • The elliptical is a great low-impact cardio machine option available at most gyms.
    — Tatiana Lampa, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2022
  • But instead of a spiral galaxy, the final object will be an elliptical.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2021
  • If your desk is in need of a more serious makeover, consider adding a standing desk converter or even an under-desk elliptical.
    — Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2022
  • From there, the former White House official set up a home gym in his basement with dumbbells and an elliptical.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Colleagues chimed in to say the images looked like ellipticals and spirals—familiar species of galaxies.
    — Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 5 July 2017
  • Simply put, the moon glides across an elliptical that is constantly rotating around the zodiac.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 23 Dec. 2020
  • However, an elliptical has many features that may be beneficial for you.
    — Bre Richey, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • From laptop risers and an under-desk elliptical to posture-correcting seat cushions and more, see our top picks below.
    — Nicole Charky-Chami, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2022
  • And while the Fold did weigh heavily in my gym shorts pocket, the larger display was just perfect for reading on the elliptical.
    — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Right after the New Year, people are seen waiting in line for the treadmills, ellipticals and weight machines.
    — Debbie Bosak, Post-Tribune, 28 June 2017
  • Adults, freed from offices and their old, rigid hours, are jogging at noon, instead of going nowhere on an elliptical or Peloton in the tiny office gym.
    — Amanda Long, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The 16th-floor gym offered three treadmills, two ellipticals, one bike, a solid weight set, good sunrise views and homey touches like a bowl of apples.
    — New York Times, 2 June 2018
  • The film does tell its story in an elliptical, at times confounding way, but that stylistic choice shouldn’t be mistaken for moral indecision.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022
  • But what little there has been — my wife, Ruth, behind a closed door on a Zoom call; me in the basement on the elliptical — has caused whimpering and whining.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Lubitsch’s reliance on the oblique, the elliptical, and the unsaid leads the audience to suspect innuendo where none may have been intended.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
  • An onsite fitness center offering a treadmill, elliptical, dumbbells and a stretch ballet barre recently was added.
    — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2021
  • This was well-equipped, with a row of treadmills overlooking the water, bikes, a rowing machine, ellipticals, weight machines, free weights, stability balls and mats, plus a group fitness room.
    — Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
  • If losing some weight joins cutting your cable bill on your list of resolutions, check our reviews of diet plans and exercise equipment such as ellipticals, rowing machines, spin bikes, and treadmills.
    — Fox News, 1 Jan. 2014
  • Stephen Cheuk is not your average trainer, and his gym is far from your average amalgamation of ellipticals whirring under fluorescent lighting.
    — Daily Intelligencer, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Staph bacteria were found on the surface of every piece of exercise equipment tested, including free weights, weight machines, ellipticals, stationary bikes and treadmills.
    — Scott Douglas, Washington Post, 29 July 2019
  • Humphrey suggests choosing activities like walking, swimming, water aerobics, or the elliptical to elevate your heart rate without pounding your joints.
    — Pam Moore, SELF, 25 Aug. 2021
  • That makes calisthenics routines a great option for people who want to get in some cardio, but aren’t quite jazzed about traditional cardio exercises, like running or hitting the elliptical.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 21 May 2022

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