How to Use hydraulic in a Sentence

hydraulic

adjective
  • The body was found wrapped in heavy tire chains and anchored to the bottom of the lake with a hydraulic jack.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • And for those who like to tinker, six of those spots have hydraulic lifts.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The tender sits aft on the owner’s deck and can be moved about by a hydraulic crane.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The silos are built from ground level and raised with a hydraulic lift.
    Mckenna Oxenden, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2022
  • Palmer, a former hydraulic repairman in the U.S. Air Force, rode out the storm on his bed.
    Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Some will prefer hydraulic brakes over the disc brakes built in to the Sol Eclipse, for example.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Then came the Gold Rush, with hydraulic mining that choked creeks with gravel.
    Catrin Einhorn Max Whittaker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The hydraulic system on the Boeing 777 runs key systems, such as the landing gear, flaps and brakes.
    Gregory Wallace, CNN, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Disc brakes with hydraulic systems should be checked for leaks.
    George Petras, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Davila brought the girl aboard the bus at 8:29 a.m. using a hydraulic lift for her wheelchair, the complaint states.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 25 July 2023
  • An Iraqi missile had severed the plane's hydraulic lines.
    David Martin, CBS News, 1 May 2023
  • Dozens of buses came and went along Archer, hydraulic brakes wheezing.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 May 2022
  • For three decades, the Chico artist has mounted his old-timey 8-by-10-inch sheet-film camera on a hydraulic lift from his truck.
    Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • With the help of neighbors, who used a hydraulic jack to raise the car from the ground before first responders arrived, Cpl.
    Gina Martinez, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • All up, the area offers three sofas, a sundeck and views of the hydraulic swim platform below.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 July 2022
  • The stage is moved into the center of the stadium by a hydraulic drive for performances.
    Robin Soslow, Chron, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The Open University tested the strength of a 2x2-stud Lego brick using a hydraulic press.
    Popular Mechanics, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The plan was to film a car in an alley using lights mounted on a hydraulic boom called a condor, but the hydraulics failed at the last minute.
    Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • There are also two Jet Skis housed in the bow, alongside a hydraulic crane for hauling and launching toys.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The company just needs to learn how to make electric steering as good as the old hydraulic systems.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2022
  • To compensate for the newfound torque and quell any three-cylinder thrash, the 1.5-liter gets hydraulic engine mounts.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The bag recovered from the vehicle contained a hydraulic press and drugs.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 22 July 2022
  • Another touch of a button and the helm seat slowly rises on a huge hydraulic pedestal.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Most coins can be struck with a hydraulic press, but there was no machine large enough, or powerful enough, to strike a coin this size.
    Hazlitt, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Yet the original hydraulic system is included with the sale of the Carrera GT.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Once they’re deemed safe, the team would open the oil tank lids and insert hydraulic pumps inside to remove the oil to a temporary vessel moored in the Red Sea.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 12 May 2022
  • His research in this area led him to create the syringe and establish the foundation for the hydraulic press.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Then the vehicle ran out of the hydraulic fluid essential to powering the movement of the fins.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Under the other side of the bridge, a small hydraulic dredge scrapes up sediment from the bottom of the river backwaters.
    Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • If that’s a Silent 60, for instance, the tender can be lifted out of the water using the 60-footer’s hydraulic bathing platform.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2022

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