How to Use horsepower in a Sentence

horsepower

noun

• This results in a ratio of 27 horsepower per ton, enough to drive it to a top speed of 42 miles per hour.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
• Still, the horsepower in its three-cylinder engine amounts to a tepid 76.
  — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
• The result is a reel with the finesse needed to land the smallest native, but with enough horsepower to tame the largest steelhead.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• With its 500 horsepower, this vehicle is for leaving folks in your dust on race tracks and open roads.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 2 Aug. 2023
• This is all to say here's a boxer with a whole lotta horsepower—or pony-power, to be exact.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022
• The five-horsepower motor is capable of moving air at a rate of 140 cubic feet per minute — twice the flow rate of other shop vacs.
  — Good Housekeeping, 7 Feb. 2023
• From the start of April through the end of July, Binance suffered a dramatic downshift in horsepower.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
• The short 90-inch wheelbase truck came standard with a Falcon 85 horsepower in-line-six engine that was placed just behind the front axle.
  — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
• Each unit—with one per axle for all-wheel-drive Airs—generates a potent 650 horsepower.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023
• The Pro Series blenders, in particular, are able to crush ice, grate cheese, grind meat with a 2.2 peak horsepower motor.
  — Donna Kim, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
• The Ariya's beefiest all-wheel-drive setup bumps output to a solid 389 horsepower.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 25 Apr. 2023
• Three electric motors are said to provide both all-wheel traction and up to 1000 horsepower.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
• This was not a problem that could be solved by unions alone, but unions, if strategically harnessed, had the horsepower to fight it.
  — Eleni Schirmer, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
• The new vehicle offers the most horsepower and torque yet in a utility side-by-side, Polaris said.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 26 Apr. 2023
• The Curtiss, by contrast, looks vicious: satin-black, ears back, with eight finned cylinders churning out 40 horsepower, a big dog ready to bite.
  — Elana Scherr, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• The extra horsepower demands wider tires for more traction and better handling at high speeds.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• The engine supplies as much as two thousand horsepower.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
• The engine, which will be on a Bennington pontoon boat in The Boat House's display area, is the highest horsepower outboard engine on the market.
  — Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
• The base model makes 225 horsepower and has a single electric motor powering the rear wheels.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 21 Nov. 2022
• Now drivers are asking for more horsepower, tires that wear off faster and to eliminate shifting.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 24 Apr. 2023
• The depth a circular saw can cut through depends largely on the blade diameter and the motor’s horsepower.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
• Polestar released a more powerful version of its fastback sedan in 2021, complete with more horsepower and a wider stance.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 July 2023
• Most don’t have the horsepower to really dig into sore muscles.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
• This mower packs 26 horsepower, the most powerful mower on our list.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2023
• The four-stroke, twin cylinder engines have roughly 20 horsepower, with these karts potentially racing down the track at more than 50 mph.
  — Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
• In its early days, a single tram carriage was pulled by sheer, undiluted horsepower.
  — Sander Van Den Broecke, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
• Justin Bremner brought the horsepower, and Walsh Jesuit rolled in a repeat performance.
  — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
• They're limited to around 15 horsepower but are more powerful than the numbers would suggest.
  — Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2024
• Two-stroke engines used to be ubiquitous in dirt bike racing, thanks to their lightweight construction and horsepower.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
• When looking at a riding lawn mower, pay attention to the engine’s horsepower.
  — Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024