How to Use power station in a Sentence

power station

noun

• Daphne had felt for years that the power station made no sense.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• There are a number of power stations that are old and could be closed.
  — The Economist, 18 Oct. 2019
• The two had a fight to the death at a power station, where both died in an apocalyptic blast.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022
• The Israeli army destroyed Gaza’s main power station in the 2006 war.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2020
• His late father used to work swing shifts at a power station.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2023
• The Ukrainians also charged that the Kremlin’s forces fired on a town across the Dnieper River from the power station.
  — Hanna Arhirova, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022
• Spokesman Yahya Saree said the Israeli raids struck the port, a power station and a fuel tank.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
• Airstrikes also hit a power station and grain silos, the group said.
  — Jared Malsin, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
• Ratepayers of the local utility are footing the bill for the power station on the site.
  — Joe Barrett, WSJ, 25 May 2022
• The Eggborough power station is just one of 14 coal plants the United Kingdom has laid to rest over the past decade.
  — Daniel Wolfe, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021
• When a local lawmaker led a hunger strike to protest the power station, he was jailed for six months.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
• Several of the Grad volleys were aimed at the power station, leading to blackouts in the area.
  — The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
• Think of it as a green campsite power station for entrepreneurs who can’t stay off their screens—even when in the great outdoors.
  — Nicolas Stecher, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2021
• After all, a single pulse isn’t a power station – the process has to be repeated again and again.
  — Don Lincoln, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
• The wind may not blow, or the sun may not shine, but—short of a blockade or strike—a coal or gas power station will always have something to burn.
  — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
• Each power station will be around the size of two soccer pitches, and will be able to power a million homes.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2021
• Housed in a former East Berlin power station, Berghain may be the world’s most hallowed techno club.
  — National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2019
• For the first time, Muscat’s new power station was required to power the whole country.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• Was the North Carolina power station attack linked to a drag show?
  — USA Today, 5 Dec. 2022
• During the attack, the ship was posted close to the power station for the naval base, and fired upon enemy planes to protect it.
  — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• The couple have set up a little power station on their porch so neighbors can charge their phones and other items.
  — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• In some regions, people may prefer less of those—and more of the compact central power stations that TVA knows how to build.
  — Robert Kunzig, The Atlantic, 25 July 2023
• Then a parking lot next to the power station was flooded, and soon water started pouring through a gap in the concrete.
  — Jan M. Olsen, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
• The power station is connected to around 20 homes in the village, serving more than 50 people.
  — Emma Reynolds, CNN, 13 Dec. 2019
• Satellite imagery from after the attack shows gaping holes in the roofs of both towers, a crater in the concrete of the dam next to the head-gates, and a fire in one of the power station buildings.
  — New York Times, 20 Jan. 2022
• When the Kyiv police officers fired their guns into the sky on Oct. 17, one drone was shot down, but four others struck near a power station.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022
• Cranking power stations up and down in a 24-hour cycle is very bad for the environment.
  — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
• Cables can be buried all the way to the power station, but this can be more difficult if the cable lands ashore in a residential area.
  — Sarah McFarlane, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2021
• Get charged up on more deals on portable power stations.
  — Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
• If the impacts on the solar power station generate debris, that could cause problems as well.
  — Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 15 July 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024