How to Use transformer in a Sentence

transformer

noun
  • The crash knocked out a transformer on the pole, police said.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, Courant Community, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The the wires for the lighting then are plugged into the transformer.
    — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Power poles were snapped and transformers thrown to the ground.
    — Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • But once deep learning and transformers took over, scale changed the game.
    — Yi Shi, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Up a 40-foot pole, tangled up in a transformer, crews found a big snake.
    — Htv National Desk, Houston Chronicle, 17 Aug. 2019
  • At one point, a transformer caught in the wind sent a shower of sparks onto a main town road.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022
  • There was a fire in the plant’s main transformer that was put out by the plant’s fire department.
    — Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Many power lines and transformers are above ground, attached to poles.
    — Michael Smith, Bloomberg.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Again, the name gives it away — sparkles on sparkles, which can be worn solo or as a transformer for matte shades.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 11 July 2018
  • When the voltage surged, transformers and power plants shut down.
    — Julia Simon, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Some monks emerged as transformers of the ancient tradition that was passed down to them.
    — Bernd Roeck june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
  • Seconds later, the video shows a transformer explode in a shower of sparks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Producing and installing a new transformer can take from six to nine months, for instance.
    — Alistair MacDonald, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
  • That was the first face tracker and face transformer that ever existed.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 27 July 2018
  • Last week, city crews took one of the two transformers offline for rebuilding.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The power outage may have been due to a transformer malfunction.
    — oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The cause of the failure is not yet known, but the transformer had not been tampered with, Gannon said.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Police said the top of the transformer had apparently caught fire and the breaker had popped.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 5 June 2021
  • The blast sent a plume of black smoke and flames 30 feet into the air, high enough to reach a transformer on a power line.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Avoid the Area of Riverside Drive a tree fell into a transformer.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Keep in Mind The transformer is not included with the low voltage set.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2023
  • Monjaraz was found about 25 feet west of a telephone pole with a transformer that had black marks on it, police said.
    — Sara Coello, Dallas News, 23 June 2019
  • The tree caused a transformer fire, ripping wires from the home and causing roof and other structural damage to the house.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 2 June 2022
  • So painting a large transformer with this paint is like putting a Faraday Cage over it, but cheaper.
    — James Conca, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
  • During the evening of March 10, an electrical transformer on school grounds caught fire.
    — Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Like other area data centers, Segra has its own transformer.
    — Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
  • More than 70% of transmission lines and transformers are over 30 years old.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Mehr said the project was delayed for a few weeks by the need to move a transformer that was pushed back by the August tropical storm.
    — Steven Goode, courant.com, 11 Nov. 2020
  • For the new Monon Corridor, one of the transformers on the new route still needs to be replaced.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • To hit the transformer from hundreds of miles away, the Russians had to know exactly where to strike to do the most damage.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022

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