How to Use electricity in a Sentence

electricity

noun

• 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
• In Austin, electricity crews had to deal with icy roads and frozen equipment.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
• Solar power was the fastest-growing source of electricity for the 19th year in a row.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 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
• Some coaches like the electricity that the high school gym presents when it is packed out for a semifinal game.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
• There are bathrooms at the campground and each of the 10 RV sites include water and 30 amps of electricity.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 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
• Prices of food, cooking oil, and electricity have pushed up the index.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2023
• At dusk, in the years before electricity arrived, the gentle glow of oil lamps enhanced the night.
  — Abraham Verghese, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
• Pipes move the methane into one of two engines on the farm that burns it to create heat and electricity.
  — Rachael Moeller Gorman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
• The plant is known for its affinity to LED lights, which use less electricity.
  — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
• The Montana plant would produce up to 175 megawatts of electricity.
  — Matthew Brown, ajc, 9 June 2023
• For people who want lower bills: Trump promises to cut the price of electricity in half.
  — Justin Green, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
• Campers can pitch their tent at one of the sites or reserve one of the campground’s many RV sites, which have sewer, water, electricity, and up to 50 amp plug-ins.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
• This provides a constant flow of electricity even when your car is off.
  — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
• Some can regulate the flow of electricity and data to your phone – and others can’t.
  — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• After all, solar and onshore wind farms are already the cheapest source of electricity for most of the world.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 5 June 2024
• That beautiful electricity that requires the right actor at the right time in their life.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
• But the lack of electricity is one of their most serious challenges.
  — Gabriel Kinder, CNN, 28 Apr. 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
• Better yet, it’s made of old tires, and can even generate small amounts of electricity.
  — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
• 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 area will have to be prepared for water drains, septic tanks, electricity, plumbing, and gas.
  — House Beautiful, 5 Apr. 2023
• And on the camera right bottom, there’s a hamster on a hamster wheel, and that hamster wheel is generating the electricity for the water pump that sprays Bruce with the chemicals.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
• For example, rooftop solar panels can produce surplus electricity that goes unused by the host household and can be sold to other neighbors.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024