How to Use machinery in a Sentence

machinery

noun
  • Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire.
  • Something was clogging the machinery.
  • The United Nations has set up machinery for mediation.
  • Big machinery was brought in to do this work.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The machinery in the shop stopped.
    — Walter Rowen, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • There are wars and rumors of wars and the machineries of war at work.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Most nights, the machinery holds.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Heavy machinery could be seen digging through the area, but to no avail.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • There’s always a lot of machinery, lots of noise, lots of dust.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Through the veiled scrim, some sort of machinery can be glimpsed inside.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Heavy machinery was brought in to clear the hill, and the road reopened.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But the machinery of grading churns on.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Most of the money in the world moves through machinery nobody sees.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • One camp might have moldy walls and machinery stored inches from a sleeping area.
    — David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But the work is about much more than machinery and logistics.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Donations pay for tools and machinery to fix trails, as well as to buy signs and maps.
    — AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Now, with the case of Reiner, the machinery hums again.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The books on this list explore the machinery behind that process.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Traffic hummed along the avenue, and machinery whirred at the tire shop.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But over three decades, the ride’s novelty and machinery had worn off and worn down.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The ditch that’s up to 19 feet deep dwarfs the heavy machinery inside of it.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The old machinery of workforce planning cannot keep up.
    — Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • But when fields are worked with heavy machinery, their soils leach carbon back into the air.
    — Jasmin Sykes, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • And no string, rope, cord or twine, which can interfere with postal machinery.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The voltage drops to nothing, and the cell’s machinery shuts down.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The phones are smarter; the law enforcement machinery is not.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The machinery lifts heavy pieces of concrete and rebar.
    — Anas Baba, NPR, 6 May 2026
  • The clock was running down and the machinery was on the verge of going kaboom.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • However, some small items may fall through the machinery.
    — Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • But the machinery is moving, and live music has begun in earnest once more.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2021

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