How to Use combustion in a Sentence

combustion

noun

• This ratio of air to fuel results in better combustion.
• Combustion may occur at high temperatures.
• On the two-stroke variant, both sides of the rotor each do combustion.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2023
• As the engine heats up, combustion melts the plastic fuselage.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
• That shows internal combustion trucks still aren’t stuck in a rut.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
• The big news is confirmation that the MC20's engine will be the combustion-engine choice for this coupe.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 15 Sep. 2022
• About two thirds of the clinker emissions are released by the limestone when heated while the rest come from the combustion of fuels to create the heat.
  — Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023
• For lovers of the brand’s history, the lack of screaming V6, V8 or V12 internal combustion power could be a turnoff.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• As such, the braking components on EVs tend to wear at a much slower rate than those of cars with combustion engines.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 29 Sep. 2022
• But the electric car and the electric truck are at least as sleek and glamorous as their internal combustion forebears.
  — Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 14 Sep. 2023
• The actress took on the role of Claire, a mother on the brink of personal combustion amid divorce, grief and parenting a teenage daughter.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
• And the whirr of electric motors doesn’t assail your ears like the cacophony of combustion.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2022
• In one ad, a woman watches a combustion car drive by and looks down, dejected, at a cord that looks a lot like the ones connected to E.V. chargers.
  — Amy Westervelt, The New Republic, 19 July 2023
• According to Reuters, combustion models still make up about 85% of the auto maker's sales.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2023
• There was not a hint of combustion, even after the mechanical fuel pump had filled the carburetor float bowls and filled the garage with fumes.
  — Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 23 Aug. 2023
• Internal combustion engines, of course, are on the way out, but as long as there are gas stations, there are people who will want to buy gas, and juice up rides like these, for a price.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• The fly ash, a byproduct of coal combustion, was mixed with soil to create mini-islands in the lake that allow water to permeate.
  — Emily Wang Fujiyama, ajc, 15 Nov. 2022
• If your fire is packed too densely, air can’t flow through to drive combustion; if your fuel is packed too loosely, then the air can’t get enough power to move quickly.
  — Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2022
• There’s also a question as to whether EV and battery plants will employ as many people or pay as well as combustion-engine cars.
  — Gabrielle Coppola, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• Much of the debris will be toxic, due to combustion byproducts released amid the blaze, Poentis said, adding that the biggest concerns are asbestos and lead, based on the types of buildings that were lost.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Overall, the electric SUV looks sleeker and less boxy than the internal combustion Escalade.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
• Since these combustion products occur high above the ground, their impact is far less than that of automobiles.
  — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Black smoke from a fire is a sign of incomplete combustion that can produce thousands of chemicals when wood and plastics burn.
  — Andrew J. Whelton, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2023
• Death certificates show the children died from inhalation of soot and products of combustion.
  — jsonline.com, 16 Nov. 2022
• When the threat of wildfires meets startup central, a creative combustion ignites, giving you… firetech.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2023
• The hydrogen Grenadier looks nearly identical to the standard combustion versions, save for the sizable hood bulge needed to fit the fuel cell.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 13 July 2023
• They're made of stainless steel and burn hot and clean, with bottom vent holes to feed the fire from below, and double-wall construction so warm air is channeled up for secondary combustion.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 11 Oct. 2022
• Yes, heat is essential for initiating the combustion process and starting a fire.
  — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• With no engine and no gasoline combustion, EVs generate much less heat.
  — PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2023
• To encourage the switch from internal combustion to battery power, many countries offer tax breaks tied to the purchase of an EV.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024