How to Use combustion in a Sentence

combustion

noun
  • This ratio of air to fuel results in better combustion.
  • Combustion may occur at high temperatures.
  • Like it or not, combustion engines will be around for at least the next few decades.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 9 Sep. 2020
  • On the two-stroke variant, both sides of the rotor each do combustion.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2023
  • That shows internal combustion trucks still aren’t stuck in a rut.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The fan that sucks in combustion air and blows out exhaust gases stopped spinning.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
  • But in the hands of humans, combustion is also the deeper cause.
    — Stephen Pyne, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2019
  • But maybe the way combustions matter needs to be very different.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Gas and diesel engines both work through a process called internal combustion.
    — Michael Leamy, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Some of these particles are by-products of gas-stove combustion.
    — Emily Anthes, Scientific American, 1 June 2020
  • Internal combustion is again at the fore.
    — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
  • As the engine heats up, combustion melts the plastic fuselage.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • There, a combustion device converts it to energy that is sold on the grid.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The science of secondary combustion isn’t new.
    — Simon Heptinstall december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Due to the fact that there is no combustion process, there is zero exhaust emission from the vessel.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
  • Air pollution caused due to combustion of coal alone contributed to half of these deaths.
    — Disha Shetty, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • This heated oxygen mixes with the smoke and is burned again in a process called secondary combustion.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
  • To many gearheads, the thought of a muscle car without combustion-engine noise and gas smells is heresy.
    — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Brittle and cheap as a tin rocket, inches from rattling red bright combustion.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Before now, engines made the heat as a secondary effect of combustion.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Coal combustion is a top source of carbon pollution that is heating up the planet.
    — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The sale of conventional combustion-engine cars will end in a little more than eight years.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2021
  • After four to six hours of charging a day, the heat can be discharged as air or steam, without combustion or emissions.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The cleverest bit is using the science of secondary combustion.
    — Simon Heptinstall december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
  • These heaters run on fossil fuels, natural gas, propane, or oil to create heat through a process called combustion.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
  • First and foremost, heat pumps don’t use combustion, so there’s no risk of carbon monoxide leaking into the home.
    — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Hybrid and internal combustion Sportages are on sale now.
    — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Hybrid and internal combustion Sportages are on sale now.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • This means rockets need to bring their own oxygen to mix with a fuel to create combustion inside their engines.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • It’s uniquely formed by the combustion of things such as gas in cars, coal burning power plants and the wildfires from over the summer.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2021

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