Motor

//ˈməʊtə//

"Motor" in a Sentence (26 examples)

The motor started to run.

There is nothing the matter with the motor.

The motor does not function properly.

The airplane used a rocket motor to assist with takeoff.

Then the motor suddenly died.

The boat uses a motor for the power.

This machine is driven by a small electric motor.

This machine is driven by a small motor.

By installing two carburetors that racing-car enthusiast souped up his motor considerably.

Who buys tickets to ride in their own motor car?

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Nice motor!

Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters.

It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.

Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...]

'However, you go and try your luck and see how you like it.' With that he flung himself into his motor and was off.

The screeching of brakes, the monotonous blare of motor horns, the clip-clip of shoes on slippery pavements, the rustling of wet mackintoshes were all part of the great metropolis.

Goods motors for which "A" licences are held are free to operate anywhere, to pick up the most remunerative traffic, and the points between which the best back loads are available.

She has excellent motor skills.

A motor yacht for its size has about 30 per cent more accommodations than a steamer of the same size.

On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.

The practice used to be for such consignments to be loaded as tranships to the large centre, but this involved rather slow transits, and to a considerable extent these consignments are now motored to the large centre, and in the average case the transit is improved by a day.

Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66

During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.

Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.

More recently, ORR has been developing its knowledge and skills in cyber and digital security. Prosser says this is really "motoring".

I gotta motor.

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