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
• 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
• 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
• Iberdrola is the largest European electricity company and one of the largest in the world.
  — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
• The law also encourages more of the type of batteries that feed electricity to the grid when the wind is slack, or at night when the sun isn’t hitting solar panels.
  — Isabella O'Malley, Fortune, 24 July 2023
• Both coal and oil imports have risen rapidly as the population takes a liking to round-the-clock electricity and car ownership.
  — Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
• Also, much of the energy the park's tenants need is not electricity but heat to drive their industrial processes.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024