How to Use electricity in a Sentence

electricity

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  • You could feel the electricity in the room.
  • The electricity went off during the storm.
  • The street was blocked off and electricity in the area was turned off.
    — Kcal-News Staff, CBS News, 11 July 2023
  • Nigeria, which supplies up to 90% of the electricity in Niger, has cut off some of the supply.
    — Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The process uses a tremendous amount of electricity that’s about 40% of the cost, Sartor said.
    — Isabella O'Malley, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The 19 dune shacks of Cape Cod are sparse: Most of them don’t have running water or electricity, but that’s part of their draw.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And, for the first time, the harbor will install water and electricity meters on all the slips and charge renters for those services.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The Montana plant would produce up to 175 megawatts of electricity.
    — Matthew Brown, ajc, 9 June 2023
  • Some can regulate the flow of electricity and data to your phone – and others can’t.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The elements with more power are good for cooking large amounts of food quicker, but these use the most amount of electricity.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Other costs have jumped as well, such as rent and electricity, and the price of your coffee needs to be able to help cover those expenses.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
  • This island doesn’t have a bar, let alone trails, potable water, electricity or structures of any sort.
    — Heather Knight, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The law also encourages more of the type of batteries that feed electricity to the grid when the wind is slack, or at night when the sun isn’t hitting solar panels.
    — Isabella O'Malley, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • In fact, the island only got electricity in 1981, and its residents took boats to school during the early days.
    — Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Pavilions stretch 130 yards with a full turf field, lighting and electricity and retractable nets.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Her daughters-in-law had to ask neighbors for clean water for cooking, and, when the electricity was cut, her sons had to take their phones to a nearby hospital to charge.
    — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The issue can have repercussions beyond the price of electricity.
    — Adam Beam, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Heritage sells the electricity to Traverse City Light and Power.
    — Izzy Ross, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Phone service and electricity were also out in some of the most affected areas.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
  • With the electricity cut, and with very few Gazans having fuel left for private generators, the entire strip goes dark at night.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But Coolidge, who lent new electricity and nuance to the role of troubled heiress Tanya in Season 2, never has been easy to categorize, or count out.
    — Carla Meyer, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • Costs can rise by 25% on days when there is no electricity and a generator is needed to work the pumps, or when water sellers must go farther to fetch it.
    — Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But electricity production isn’t keeping up with the growth in demand.
    — Mark J. Perry, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Keep in mind that Google’s plans are to match its electricity use with carbon-free energy purchases.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 1 Feb. 2024
  • This formula allows a battery to store a lot of electricity in a small space, providing an electric car with longer range.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Millions were without electricity and heat, and more than 200 people died.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • No injuries except the psychological ones of sitting there with electricity and wind and rain all around until crews could get there and make sure the power was off.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Dave Marston, publisher of Writers on the Range, has a great piece on the huge role that efficiency can still play in reducing electricity demand.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • His neighborhood, a relative safe haven, has not had electricity in three months.
    — Andre Paultre, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Land and electricity prices are lower than in the Northeast and California, and Georgia offers easy access to ports and highways, like I-75.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023

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