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 combustion gases flow from the engine over the spike, the curve acts as one side of the bell and the surrounding air as the outside curve.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024
• 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
• That combustion process inevitably made noise, and that noise came to define the background soundscape of our roads, cities, and day-to-day life.
  — Christophe Haubursin, Vox, 3 July 2024
• To many gearheads, the thought of a muscle car without combustion-engine noise and gas smells is heresy.
  — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2022
• It’s uniquely formed by the combustion of things such as gas in cars, coal burning power plants and the wildfires from over the summer.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2021
• Spontaneous combustion might be the best way to describe the Franklin High’s bats on Monday night.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2021
• And then, when the spark returns, combustion can take place in the exhaust system in addition to the cylinders.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2021
• This heated oxygen mixes with the smoke and is burned again in a process called secondary combustion.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 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
• The cause of the fire was determined to be random combustion of kitchen rags, according to fire marshal.
  — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2024
• Steenburgen: The combustion between the two of them was so intense.
  — Rob Turbovsky, Vulture, 26 July 2021
• 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
• Air pollution caused due to combustion of coal alone contributed to half of these deaths.
  — Disha Shetty, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• 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
• Smoke smells can occur if the exhaust vent is blocked, forcing the combustion exhaust from the furnace to escape into the home.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2025
• With the engine fired, the entire cabin buzzes and hums from the internal-combustion subwoofer out back.
  — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 13 July 2021
• 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
• This configuration allows the pilot, at any time, to close a valve and halt the combustion process.
  — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
• And the whirr of electric motors doesn’t assail your ears like the cacophony of combustion.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2022
• Tiny particles from the combustion of coal, oil and gas can reflect sunlight and spur the formation of clouds, shading the planet from the sun’s rays.
  — Shannon Osaka, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
• The road to this point has been long—and offers lessons to other countries racing to ditch gas-guzzling combustion engines.
  — Morgan Meaker, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021
• Gas and diesel engines both work through a process called internal combustion.
  — Michael Leamy, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
• That pollution comes from many sources, including fossil fuel combustion and wildfire smoke, and has been linked to health risks, including a higher risk of cardiovascular problems and earlier onset of dementia.
  — Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
• Several factors affect the level of creosote created during the burning process, including incomplete combustion, which can result from burning green or wet wood and burning without ample airflow.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 24 Feb 2025