How to Use generator in a Sentence

generator

noun

• This new product will be a major revenue generator.
• To the east, the blank wall of an 8-story garage, and the hum of a generator encased in it.
  — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• The result was that the set was like a dopamine generator.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
• His last role was the co-head of the trading group, the biggest revenue generator at the firm.
  — Sridhar Natarajan, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2022
• If the generator shut down, the whole town would lose power.
  — Will McCarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2022
• The e-motor on the ’box also acts as the starter motor and a generator.
  — WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
• Try out this Elf on the Shelf name generator and create a moniker all your own!
  — Melissa Mills, Parents, 12 Dec. 2023
• In the evening, a generator is switched on, and everyone comes to charge their phones.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• The nacelles that house the generator for each wind turbine are there, too.
  — Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
• Small home generators are designed to run for hours or days, not weeks and months.
  — CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
• The exhaust from the generator should also be pointed away from the home.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2022
• The engine acts solely as a generator, kicking in once the 80 miles of range from the 31 kwh battery has run out.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2023
• The generator has been ordered and Bokey expects to receive it in a few weeks.
  — Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2022
• But the batteries are mainly there to handle the tiny gap in time that generators need to kick in.
  — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
• And the longer that sand sits in one place, the more dust that place generates: The world’s great dust generator lies in North Africa: the vast expanses of the Sahara.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 4 May 2023
• Each one was laden with supplies: generators, propane tanks, trash bags full of clothing, and ready-to-eat meals.
  — Reis Thebault, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• The music files were being used as datasets to train AI voice generators, which could then churn out deepfake tracks in the styles of these singers.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 23 June 2023
• In the end, the L.A. Coliseum show earned $3.7 million. Kx5 didn’t have to cover the cost of a new generator.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023
• Below, crews pulled up the metal dredge to check for jammed logs and rock as giant generators hummed.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• Humans could choose to burn coal in a power plant to heat the water into steam and spin a generator.
  — Noah Gordon, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• To his right is a large pipe marked where the carbon-spewing generators used to connect to the rest of the snowmaking system.
  — Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
• Instead, the engine can recharge the battery, working as a small generator to give it extra mileage on the go.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
• As a general rule, porches and decks are too close to a home to be safe for running a generator.
  — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2022
• With the power cut, a generator pumped running water to the building for only an hour a day.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• Somehow the noise of the generator that powers all the lights and other luxuries doesn’t flare ducks.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
• The agency is the state’s third-largest revenue generator.
  — Andrew Selsky, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023
• The agency is the state's third-largest revenue generator.
  — CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
• But the engine isn't just a generator, and substantial changes made this year have given it more time to shine.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 18 Oct. 2022
• The Jupiter One is the most powerful and largest pure hydrogen generator on the planet.
  — New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
• Beyond the sound and motion, the Breakout is perhaps Harley’s most effective head turner and compliment generator.
  — William Roberson, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Jan 2025