ENERGY in a Sentence

Learn ENERGY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
340 example sentences for ENERGY, such as:
1. Young people usually have more energy.
2. Solar energy is an idea whose time has come.
3. We need to rethink the way we consume energy.
4. The company is a monument to Sir Peter's energy and vision.
5. She had never heard him speak with such energy of affirmation.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ENERGY
energy
 n.  a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
 n.  any source of usable power
Classic Sentence: (199 in 14 pages)
1  She was no longer the listless creature who had lived at his side in a state of sullen self-absorption, but a mysterious alien presence, an evil energy secreted from the long years of silent brooding.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  This was a section that knew the chill of winter, as well as the heat of summer, and there was a vigor and energy in the people that was strange to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  Ellen had been given this preparation for marriage which any well- brought-up young lady received, and she also had Mammy, who could galvanize the most shiftless negro into energy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  Frail, fine-boned, so white of skin that her flaming hair seemed to have drawn all the color from her face into its vital burnished mass, she was nevertheless possessed of exuberant health and untiring energy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  Only the young men retained the restless energy which had filled the whole throng a short while before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  The little town was gone and the face of the rapidly growing city was animated with never-ceasing energy and bustle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  She was only seventeen, she had superb health and energy, and Charles' people did their best to make her happy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
8  A feverish energy possessed her and would not let her be still; and at night, long after Scarlett had gone to bed, she could hear her walking the floor in the next room.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
9  He never had much to say, never displayed any energy, never seemed to take much interest in anything that went on about him, but he knew everything about everybody at Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  Scarlett thought of Will, lank, unimpressive, mild, eternally chewing a straw, his whole appearance deceptively devoid of energy, like that of most Crackers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
11  She had used energy and charm and bargaining to get that order and now the mill was quiet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
12  They show you to be a person of energy and determination and a good money risk.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
13  Lily had abundant energy of her own, but it was restricted by the necessity of adapting herself to her aunt's habits.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
14  She had never heard him speak with such energy of affirmation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
15  The sound of steps in the hall, and of the butler's voice preceding them, poured fresh energy into her veins.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
Example Sentence: (141 in 10 pages)
1  Accept what was and what is, and you'll have more positive energy to pursue what will be.
2  She still has the energy and sex appeal of a woman less than half her age.
3  A few years ago a car fuelled by solar energy would have been inconceivable.
4  I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles.
5  The energy an animal uses is in direct relation to speed and body mass.
6  We need to rethink the way we consume energy.
7  The young author burned energy as if he never heard of resting.
8  A mere fraction of available wind energy is currently utilized.
9  Young people usually have more energy.
10  The company is a monument to Sir Peter's energy and vision.
11  Solar energy is an idea whose time has come.
12  Your metabolic rate is the speed at which your body transforms food into energy.
13  He wondered again about its black color; that was ideal, of course, for absorbing solar energy.
14  A household radiator absorbs energy in the form of electric current and releases it in the form of heat.
15  I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self- defense.