How to Use turbocharger in a Sentence

turbocharger

noun
  • Also on the list are front wheel-drive cars as well as seat belts and turbochargers.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2018
  • One of those is to use smaller engines, adding a turbocharger to boost power.
    — National Geographic, 20 May 2016
  • The mill has been tuned and outfitted with a new exhaust and turbochargers.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The electric motors will help make up for the new gas engine’s lack of turbochargers.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 20 June 2024
  • There’s an off-the-line throttle lag as the driver waits for the turbocharger to work its magic.
    — Car and Driver, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Pulisic is a human turbocharger.
    — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • If adding one high-tech, high-voltage turbocharger is good, surely two would be better, right?
    — ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But a lot of truck buyers like that 8-count and really don’t like turbochargers.
    — New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And for the first time in several decades, there's now only a single turbocharger.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The electric exhaust-gas turbocharger makes a lot of promises on paper.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • In one spot, the coaster pauses, moves backward and then zooms through a turbocharger set up to look like it was pulled from a toy car track.
    — Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 June 2018
  • The left turbocharger oil feed pipe may deteriorate and leak oil.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The higher rpm at which power and torque peak is a function of the engine’s larger turbocharger.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Their engines have grown and gained turbochargers, but the naming convention hasn’t changed.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
  • With these two quick responses, there’s no need to fit a tiny turbocharger to minimize turbo lag.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Two motors power the front wheels, one is paired with the engine, and another to the turbocharger.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The tuner's beloved sports car gets its first turbocharger and an overall package that is exceptional at this price.
    — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2017
  • For free, mechanics will replace the left turbocharger oil feed pipe and hose assembly.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • If your vehicle is listed in the recall, the dealer will replace the left turbocharger oil feed pipe.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • That is correct, by the way; the engines have both supercharger and turbocharger.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2018
  • One unusual design choice jumps out is the location of the turbochargers.
    — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2018
  • Small displacement and turbochargers are the way to the high-performance future.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2015
  • And in spite of hitting a top speed of only 250 rpm, the fan is even more well-balanced than the rotor of a turbocharger.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The Stelvio’s quickness derives from a two-liter four fitted with a twin-scroll turbocharger and direct injection.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The inline-four seen here is likely to be the base engine, possibly with a turbocharger, with the inline-six optional.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2020
  • In contrast, the Hurricane is not a hybrid but uses turbochargers; two sets of three cylinders are each fed by a turbo.
    — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Command the common-rail injectors to dump as much diesel in the cylinders as the engine can handle and the single turbocharger spools up without much haste.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 16 June 2017
  • No turbocharger, no supercharger, no hybrid battery packs.
    — Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2026
  • For the 2026 911 Turbo S, there are a pair of these electric turbochargers.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Per Aston, those turbochargers have a 15 percent higher rate of speed than before and deliver even more airflow to the engine.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026

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