How to Use turbine in a Sentence

turbine

noun
  • That flow builds up pressure strong enough to spin a turbine.
    — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But the most common way to spin a turbine is to pump steam through it.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Wind turbine makers have lost some of the wind in their sails this year.
    — Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2021
  • This time, the sighting turned out to be more turbine than alien.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
  • With its huge crane, the ship hoists the turbine pieces onto its own deck.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Trump claimed the 11 turbines would spoil the view from his golf course.
    — ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • On the other hand, some parts (like turbine wheels) are changed at times.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Still, the turbines are a clear — and for some, bitter — sign that times have changed.
    — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The tip of a spinning turbine appeared to touch the clouds.
    — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The tip of a spinning turbine appeared to touch the clouds.
    — Jennifer McDermott, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In the best case, a turbine can be assembled in about two and a half days.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Some of the turbines caught fire, sending plumes of smoke into the air.
    — Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • When a jet turbine is spinning, the tips move nearly at the speed of sound.
    — Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Light fixtures made of old turbines hang from the ceiling.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
  • Light fixtures made of old turbines hang from the ceiling.
    — Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
  • That’s why the size of turbines has grown steadily larger over the years.
    — Andrew Moseman, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Wind isn’t new; thousands of turbines have dotted the hills for decades.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The pressure on the fluid would build up over time and could be used to drive a turbine.
    — Randall Munroe, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Anecdotes abound of elk and pronghorn strolling around turbines or napping in their shade.
    — Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The next step is to make some moderate-sized turbine blades and test them in the field.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Trump abuses his power in ways that must have the founders whirring like turbines in their graves.
    — Eugene Robinson, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2019
  • But on these two turbines, this is not part of the grant funding that's available right now.
    — The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Both can be built faster than gas plants, which face years-long delays from turbine backlogs.
    — Suhail Bhat, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This steam then pushes on the blades of an electric turbine engine to spin it.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Why a piece of a turbine blade ended up drifting in the sea is still unknown.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Natural gas turbines are largely sold out through the end of the decade.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The blades of a sprawling turbine farm turn slowly in the distance.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Fishers also will have to be more careful around the turbines.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Throughout the area, wind farm turbines spun rapidly in the wind and blinding rain.
    — CBS News, 7 May 2024
  • The group worried about the size and volume of this turbine, Haukedalen said.
    — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2018

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