How to Use voltage in a Sentence

voltage

noun
  • We measured the change in voltage across the circuit.
  • The rise and decay of the voltage are fast.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
  • No garage, and there are high-voltage cables about a block away.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The ions get charged up after voltage is applied to the salt.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Oncor wants to build the highest voltage lines in the state.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The high-voltage wires must be kept away from the towers that support them.
    — Katherine Blunt, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
  • There are plenty of low-voltage landscape lights to choose from.
    — Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2026
  • Test the wires with the voltmeter to triple-check voltage levels.
    — Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 27 July 2020
  • When the voltage is switched off, the excitons flow again.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Small, low-voltage fixtures work well along the edges of walkways.
    — Ap McClatchy, The Mercury News, 12 July 2019
  • They’ll be stranded on the side of the road, or sit for hours charging at low voltage.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2024
  • More than 200 spans of high voltage lines were knocked down and had to be put back up.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 16 June 2022
  • The electronic lens warmer is a strap that heats up with low power voltage.
    — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2018
  • The problem came from a transfer switch that was not getting enough voltage to fire.
    — Pete Iacobelli, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • When the voltage was reversed or removed, the ions left the fiber surface.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The device runs a voltage across the membrane, and current flows through the pores.
    — Sarah Scoles, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2019
  • After confirming that the cord doesn’t have any shorts, run a voltage test.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022
  • That voltage change gets passed to nerve cells, which send the information to the brain.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The battery voltage will read out on the meter’s display screen.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Doubling the voltage reduces the amount of current, and thus heat.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The voltage drops to nothing, and the cell’s machinery shuts down.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
  • High-voltage power lines were downed and propane tanks were set on fire, according to the feed.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
  • The motion strength depends on voltage and fiber length, which means the system can be tuned.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
  • These are low-voltage wires that can be run through the walls, the attic or even the subflooring.
    — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 18 May 2020
  • Low-voltage shorts can even destroy a furnace control board.
    — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
  • When the voltage surged, transformers and power plants shut down.
    — Julia Simon, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The voltage is reduced there and sent on to other substations around the city.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 15 July 2019
  • And then Elia raises the voltage, and his brain really would seem to be wiped.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The latest shutdown came at the peak of the winter season, and has been blamed on a voltage surge.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The city—and perhaps the whole country—operates at a low voltage.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021

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