How to Use accelerator in a Sentence

accelerator

noun

• The Bulldogs cut it to five, and the Aztecs stepped on the accelerator for an 11-0 run.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2024
• The Menu has been around for a few years, but there seemed to come a point where the project just hit the accelerator.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2022
• To prove it, a test driver swings in the top lane and hits the accelerator to 105 mph and takes his hands off the wheel.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2023
• That's when Mage hit the accelerator, surged from the middle of the track to overtake Two Phil's and win by a length.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 7 May 2023
• Kucherov hit the accelerator first, with 11 points in his next three contests to grab the NHL lead on Nov. 7.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2024
• Her foot sank hard into the brake, ready to pounce on the accelerator.
  — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 25 June 2023
• First off, none of the three pedals acts as the accelerator.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 28 Dec. 2022
• If the car brakes for no reason, your way to correct that is to hit the accelerator.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• Then give yourself a pat on the back for your insight and ease up on the accelerator.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2023
• Nvidia makes a chip called the H100 accelerator that is able to process that data and is in high demand.
  — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• If values are the accelerator for driving toward your goals, then ethics are more like the brakes, the steering, or the lines on the road.
  — Charlotte Burgess Auburn, Quartz, 11 Nov. 2022
• The right handlebar has the accelerator, while the left handlebar holds the brake and bell.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024
• Having the Games at home has been an accelerator for clubs to open their doors to parasports.
  — Lily Templeton, WWD, 23 July 2024
• When a driver hits the brake pedal, the truck will stop even if the accelerator is depressed.
  — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
• Hit the accelerator, for example, and a revving sound pulsates to the beat.
  — Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2024
• An attempt to pin the accelerator up the hill led to hitting the curbing hard enough to send the Corolla onto two wheels.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2023
• If the drive wheels start to spin or slide going up a hill, ease off on the accelerator and gently resume speed.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2021
• So the issue has to be forced with things like the coach and front office accelerator program.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2022
• The money will be invested in biotechs that go through the accelerator and go on to raise a Series A round, though Curie.
  — Elaine Chen, STAT, 26 June 2024
• The instructors tell you when to hit the accelerator, when to tap the brakes, where to steer out wide, where to hug the curves and where to punch it and finally build up some speed.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 29 Oct. 2021
• Winners will be tapped for a spot in a startup accelerator, as well as a $5,000 cash prize.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 Dec. 2021
• Turn on the car’s headlamps and take it easy on the accelerator – even if your vehicle is equipped with all- or four-wheel-drive.
  — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• And the group plans to keep its foot on the accelerator — especially at Miu Miu.
  — Samantha Conti, WWD, 30 July 2024
• Step on the accelerator at 2500 rpm, even in fifth, and something happens.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2023
• The full extent of what can be done with these AI accelerators will likely only be known in time.
  — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 4 June 2024
• The problem occurs when a driver takes their foot off the accelerator in order to slow down.
  — Charlie Zhu, Fortune, 12 May 2023
• Essentially, this allows the driver to control the speed of the car with just the accelerator.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
• The accelerator then literally shoots the payload out of a long tube and into the air.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 8 June 2022
• Just after the 4:00 minute mark of the clip, the EV’s accelerator pedal temporarily fails, something that (hopefully) won’t be an issue on the finished sedan.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
• Putting foot power into the accelerator engages the engine almost instantly.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024