How to Use electrify in a Sentence

electrify

verb

• The news electrified the nation.
• Many of the rural areas still aren't electrified.
• Since the 1988 Seoul Games, the saber has been electrified along the weapon’s entire edge.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
• Hertz plans to electrify a quarter of its rental car fleet by the end of 2024.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
• But most are aware of the rap — which is why the emergence of Bruce Lee and his iconic films in the 1970s electrified them.
  — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• In new homes, this means that electrifying things can make a lot of sense.
  — Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
• Even the East Coast, large parts of the East Coast, electrifying quickly.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 May 2024
• Solomon was electrified: Tread where no one else has trod.
  — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• Such is the case with the thorny issue of what to do with the millions of gas cars that the rich world will discard as its fleets are electrified.
  — David Zipper, Vox, 3 Sep. 2024
• As the song’s electrifying outro kicks up, Lipa takes to the floor on her own once again.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
• At its best, the gym’s speakers strike the right tenor of censored music that can electrify a team and crowd for a big game.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
• But that is in fact the nameplate the Detroit giant chose to electrify first and, to be quite frank, what a perfect choice.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 June 2021
• Standing in the long, narrow gallery at the Met is electrifying.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
• Plus, guests will be wowed by electrifying sounds and beats from world-class acts in dance and house music.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
• That is bravado — the sort of bring-it-on bluster that electrifies a Trump rally.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• As the push to electrify society gains speed, heat pumps are ready to play a central role.
  — Robert Brecha, Quartz, 28 June 2021
• Just don’t look for Ford to electrify the Super Duty in the near future.
  — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022
• This gives us the ability to start to electrify routes that are running on pavement in streets.
  — Kari Edison Watkins, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2022
• In North America, on the other hand, less than 5% of rail routes are electrified.
  — Ben Jones, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
• The feeling of the unknown — and the way the imagination can swirl with what could be — is electrifying.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
• Thompson helped the Cannons build a 3-0 lead, scoring two goals in less than three minutes to electrify the crowd.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
• If your income is 80% of the median or lower, all of the costs to electrify the home will be covered.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2023
• There are currently no plans to electrify the brand’s most iconic nameplate before the end of the decade.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2021
• One huge room was far easier to heat, cool, light, and electrify.
  — Anne Helen Petersen, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
• Petr Klima, who electrified Detroit Red Wings fans in the 1980s with his dazzling style, has died.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
• Jag is looking to electrify its lineup by 2025, but there's plenty of life in this XF.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 7 June 2021
• The big three have electrified those big sellers, but there’s one small problem with the plan: People aren’t buying in.
  — Steve Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
• Maryland officials said the state has agreed to electrify all MARC trains by the time the tunnel would open in as early as 2032.
  — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
• Zachariah Branch had the dynamic speed and electrifying big-play ability.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
• Her pasta with spicy broccoli and cauliflower employs capers, anchovy, garlic, fennel seeds, chile flakes and olives to electrify what would could otherwise be monotone.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 14 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024