How to Use electrify in a Sentence

electrify

verb
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  • The news electrified the nation.
  • Many of the rural areas still aren't electrified.
  • Hertz plans to electrify a quarter of its rental car fleet by the end of 2024.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
  • But most are aware of the rap — which is why the emergence of Bruce Lee and his iconic films in the 1970s electrified them.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • In new homes, this means that electrifying things can make a lot of sense.
    — Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
  • Solomon was electrified: Tread where no one else has trod.
    — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • As the song’s electrifying outro kicks up, Lipa takes to the floor on her own once again.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • At its best, the gym’s speakers strike the right tenor of censored music that can electrify a team and crowd for a big game.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Standing in the long, narrow gallery at the Met is electrifying.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, guests will be wowed by electrifying sounds and beats from world-class acts in dance and house music.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • That is bravado — the sort of bring-it-on bluster that electrifies a Trump rally.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Just don’t look for Ford to electrify the Super Duty in the near future.
    — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022
  • This gives us the ability to start to electrify routes that are running on pavement in streets.
    — Kari Edison Watkins, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In North America, on the other hand, less than 5% of rail routes are electrified.
    — Ben Jones, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
  • If your income is 80% of the median or lower, all of the costs to electrify the home will be covered.
    — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Petr Klima, who electrified Detroit Red Wings fans in the 1980s with his dazzling style, has died.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
  • But even the Panamera is electrified, with the hybrid versions serving as the flagships once again.
    — Car and Driver, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Toyota appears to be working overtime to make up ground in the race to electrify its lineup.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2023
  • As states race to electrify buildings and transportation, the demands on the grid are only going to grow.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022
  • And to know Jason as my friend and brother in music is nothing short of humbling and electrifying all at the same time.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The board is also considering a rule to electrify a group of heavy trucks that transports goods through ports.
    — Sophie Austin, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2023
  • As the world builds more and more electric cars and trucks—and electrifies other modes of transit—a race is underway to build the ideal, mean-and-green motor.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The art is at its most powerful when electrified, but that’s easier said than done.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Coal, which is abundant in Indonesia, was for decades the cheapest way to electrify the country.
    — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Under the bill, the state of Connecticut’s schedule to electrify its vehicle fleet will be sped up.
    — Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The new climate bill also provides funding to electrify more postal trucks.
    — WIRED, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Here are six coaching tips to electrify your client audiences, for the future of your business: The first 20 seconds of your speech must rivet.
    — John Evans, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • For its next act, the automaker is getting electrified.
    — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The initiative would also serve as a pilot to electrify all commuter rail trains.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • Faraday wanted to see whether the magnetic field produced by the first wire would electrify the second.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023

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