How to Use turbojet in a Sentence

turbojet

noun
  • The plane would need to transition back to to the turbojet to slow down and land.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2018
  • At the core of a turbofan is a turbojet, which compresses and heats air to push it through turbines and out the back of the engine for thrust.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Hermeus will use its hybrid engine in turbojet mode when taking off and landing, as well as at subsonic speeds.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 16 Oct. 2021
  • For a humanoid robot whose weight is larger than 15 kg, turbojets might be considered.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2018
  • For larger robots, the researchers say more powerful turbojets might be required.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2018
  • It was powered by two small turbojet engines and its top speed was only around 200 miles per hour, in the interest of safety.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Powered by turbojet missiles, cruise missiles are essentially uncrewed airplanes built to fly a single, one-way trip to their targets.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The Harpoon uses a rocket booster to achieve flight, whereupon an aircraft-like Teledyne turbojet kicks in.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Hybrid versions add turbojet propulsion, increasing top speed to 350 mph.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • In a turbojet, the air enters from the front and is first compressed (to increase its energy potential) by rotating blades, then mixed with fuel and ignited.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 16 Oct. 2021
  • This means the ramjet can activate only after some other engine—in this case a turbojet—accelerates the vehicle to a high speed forcing air into the ramjet’s air inlet.
    — Anatoly Zak, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2018
  • When the aircraft goes supersonic, the engine functions like a turbojet, with combustion going active to produce high-velocity thrust.
    — New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Drones displayed by Iran have had TJ100 turbojets (or engines that are nearly identical knockoffs).
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Measuring about 5½ feet long and equipped with twin turbojets manufactured in-house by the company, the Roadrunner can be kitted out with a variety of payloads.
    — Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Modern cruise missiles use turbojet or turbofan engines and typically have ranges of 1,000 miles or so, a limit that is dictated by their fuel supply.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2019
  • The company is also promoting a glide variant of its Spear missile, replacing the turbojet with a kinetic penetrator for a lower-cost option.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Concerns over the sonic boom first arose with the introduction of the Concorde – the infamous British-French passenger turbojet that could hit a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound.
    — Andrew O'Reilly, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2018
  • As ramjets forego moving parts like the compressor and turbine components found in traditional turbojets, the design is more compact, lightweight, efficient, and cost-effective to produce.
    — New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
  • To bridge the gap, Aerojet Rocketdyne will need to both increase the maximum operational speed of the turbojet and decrease the minimum operational speed of a ramjet.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Unlike traditional missiles that use rocket motors, fly high altitudes, and travel at Mach 2+ speeds, cruise missiles use turbojet engines, fly at low altitudes, and travel at subsonic speeds.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The threat is compounded by the Geran-5’s low-altitude flight profile, which makes radar detection difficult, and by the relative acoustic subtlety of small turbojets compared to propeller engines.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
  • These temperatures are a fraction of those seen in a typical commercial jet engine; the combustion chamber of a conventional turbojet can reach 2,000 degrees Celsius.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Ukrainian officials report that it is powered by a JT80 turbojet from the Chinese company Telefly, offering greater thrust than the engine used in the Geran‑3.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
  • For any plane hoping to dethrone the Blackbird, its engine needs to somehow seamlessly transition between turbojet, ramjet, and back to turbojet—and Hermeus has already pulled off that delicate piece of aviation engineering.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Not surprisingly pilots are generally high-time multi-engine- or turbojet-qualified operators, usually with air transport certifications.
    — Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Calio was appointed chief operating officer, a new position that will oversee Pratt & Whitney’s businesses that include commercial and military engines, airborne auxiliary power units and turbojet propulsion systems.
    — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 14 Feb. 2022

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