ENGINE in a Sentence
Learn ENGINE 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.
169 example sentences for ENGINE, such as:
1. We couple the pump with the engine.
2. Hilda got in and started the engine.
3. I think the engine's overheating again.
4. The engine is almost silent at low revs.
5. The car's engine is beginning to act up.
2. Hilda got in and started the engine.
3. I think the engine's overheating again.
4. The engine is almost silent at low revs.
5. The car's engine is beginning to act up.
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Meanings and Examples of ENGINE
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engine
n. an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
n. motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
Classic Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1 The walls of his chest seemed to thrill and quiver as a frail building would do inside when some powerful engine was at work.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
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2 Clifford started the little engine, the man carefully turned the chair, and set it nose-forwards to the incline that curved gently to the dark hazel thicket.
3 The Germans invented a new locomotive engine with a self feeder, that did not need a fireman.
4 The man crouched solicitously by the wheel, and peered at the little engine.
5 Then he sat down on his heels and peered under the chair, poking with his finger at the greasy little engine, and resenting the grease-marks on his clean Sunday shirt.
6 The man lay flat on his stomach on the floor, his neck pressed back, wriggling under the engine and poking with his finger.
7 Clifford started his engine, then put her in gear.
8 Clifford resented the interference: but he made his engine buzz like a blue-bottle.
9 He began doing things with his engine, running her fast and slow as if to get some sort of tune out of her.
10 He stopped the engine and sat rigid with anger.
11 Clifford asked the man to do something or other to the engine.
12 She was going, the engine doing about half the work, the man the rest.
13 Hilda got in and started the engine.
14 He passed near an engine where some men were seated, and they called to him to share in their refreshment.
15 A minute later a carriage and engine could be seen flying along the open curve which leads to the station.
Example Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
1 The engine is mounted in the middle to achieve a more even weight distribution.
2 The car's engine is beginning to act up.
3 I think the engine's overheating again.
4 The engine is almost silent at low revs.
5 They spent an immense amount of time getting the engine into perfect condition.
6 A couple worked on the engine of a troop carrier.
7 He diagnosed the trouble that caused the engine to knock.
8 The crash happened seconds after the pilot reported engine trouble.
9 I suspected that there was something wrong with the engine.
10 He heard the car engine running sweetly beyond the open door.
11 These firms are regarded as the engine room of the British economy.
12 The old engine still manages to build up a good head of steam.
13 She agreed to buy the car, but stipulated racing tyres and a turbo-powered engine.
14 We couple the pump with the engine.
15 A design flaw caused the engine to explode.