How to Use piston in a Sentence
piston
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On a 2 stroke, the piston will travel two times to do the same thing.
—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 16 Aug. 2023
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Soak the piston and any rings in solvent and scrub them clean.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2023
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Clean the area on the piston and caliper where the pad backing plate touches.
—Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2017
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Clean the area on the piston and caliper where the brake pad backing plate touches.
—Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
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These fit between the pad and the brake caliper's hydraulic piston.
—Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
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In order to do that, check the number of steps the piston has: The more there are, the higher each stroke will lift the jack.
—Field & Stream, 12 May 2020
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The top end of the 2.0-liter flat-six came apart without any issues, but the pistons were seized in the cylinders.
—Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2017
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When the springs expand (wheels go down), the piston pushes out.
—Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
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The rear is a single 240mm disc with a single piston caliper.
—Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2019
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Placing the thick rubber hose on the arms of the piston like a sleeve prevents the doors from opening.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
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On many nights, that heart pumps like the pistons in a stock car, a source of energy for the Cubs to utilize.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2018
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Then, on a single up the middle, his little pistons took him home for the first run of a 2-1 game.
—Peter King, SI.com, 16 Oct. 2017
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Every part has a roll, like pistons firing at the right time.
—Nacey Watson Johnson, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2023
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Honda gave the bike an old-school drum rear brake and a single front disc with a twin-piston caliper.
—Joe Michaud, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
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That’s because those piston-like legs have taken him all over the world.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
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To help all the speed and muscle come are four-wheel disc brakes with 14-inch rotors and Wilwood six-piston calipers.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2021
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Later in the game, Chubb’s piston-like legs kicked away an arm tackle...and he was gone for a 20-yard TD dash.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2020
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Use a caliper compression tool, shown here, or a C clamp to retract the piston.
—Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
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Stroke refers to the distance a piston travels in its cylinder.
—Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2017
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These users of piston engines say their planes are also put to good use.
—NBC News, 22 Apr. 2021
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In the first round, the two boys jabbed with their elbows and fired their knees like pistons into the other’s stomach.
—Shashank Bengalistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2019
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The lid opens with a smooth-motion piston system that allows for a slow close, and the lid is lockable.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
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When the springs compress (wheels get pushed up), the shock’s piston pushes inward.
—Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
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Up against a wall in the Amber Lab is a robot that bounces up and down a scaffolding like a piston.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 14 June 2018
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The volume the piston can squeeze is the compression ratio.
—Blake Z. Rong, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2018
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The good news is, that a universal brake caliper piston tool kit can be bought for as little as $25.
—Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2022
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The mechanic later showed me the piston and it was destroyed.
—Ramona Sentinel, 21 July 2017
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The pistons moving up and down rotate the crankshaft, which (with a few more connections) turns the wheels.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
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Five ecstatic huskies are pulling me through an icy white landscape, tongues lolling out of their mouths and legs pumping like pistons.
—Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2024
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Carl Jung’s great ally turned rival, Sigmund Freud, proposed a model of the human psyche that acted much like a machine—repression and projection as twin pistons in the psychic engine.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
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