How to Use turbocharged in a Sentence
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The turbocharged four-cylinder is rated at 22 mpg city and 27 highway.
— Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022 -
Under the hood lies a 2.4-liter flat-four turbocharged Boxer engine.
— Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2018 -
The turbocharged four, the NX’s most popular powerplant, provides enough punch for the cut and thrust of daily driving.
— Tribune News Service, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2021 -
So the engine cover ditches the big airbox, which made little sense for a turbocharged car anyway.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 July 2017 -
The turbocharged four-cylinder and supercharged V-6 are no longer available.
— Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 2 June 2021 -
Buyers can choose from either a turbocharged or non-turbo four-cylinder engine, both with standard with all-wheel drive.
— Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2022 -
Nadir Omowale s funk jams weave strands of soul, R&B and rock 'n' roll into percussive arrangements marked by turbocharged guitars.
— Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2018 -
The rebound has been powered by turbocharged output in the Permian basin straddling Texas and New Mexico.
— Javier Blas, Bloomberg.com, 11 May 2017 -
The researchers at that time were worried the rapid spread in the Provincetown outbreak signaled a possible new and turbocharged version of the Delta variant that could be even more transmissible.
— BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2021 -
Following media coverage, the prospect of a turbocharged strain hopscotching around the world has unnerved many people who already had enough on their minds.
— Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 6 May 2020 -
Amazingly this same signal of a turbocharged water cycle has been pulled out of fossils from deep in Earth’s history during the alien greenhouse climates of the ancient past.
— Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2017 -
Twitter cannot rely on such a turbocharged engine of growth: while having friends is a human need, maintaining a soapbox is non-essential even for the world’s extroverts.
— The Economist, 4 June 2020 -
The fourth-gen Forester was available in an XT trim level that offered a powerful, turbocharged motor, tight suspension, and a manual transmission.
— Wes Siler, Outside Online, 29 Mar. 2018 -
It's expected to have a new engine offering, likely a turbocharged four-cylinder, a new suspension setup, and an appearance inspired by the new Tundra.
— Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 7 Oct. 2021 -
His quick, confounding mind leapt from one association to another at turbocharged speed.
— Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2017 -
In her images, jittery trails of light skitter around the bodies of the participants like drunken, turbocharged fireflies, figures are blurred, and ghostly doppelgängers are produced through double exposures.
— Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2023 -
Like other Rhimes productions, the show is very much a work of capital-T Television, a turbocharged melodrama in which twists and surprises transpire with comforting predictability.
— Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, 22 Mar. 2018 -
Now consider its German competition, all of which boast a turbocharged four and automatic transmission and cost considerably more.
— Tribune News Service, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021 -
March 21 Average investors have found a turbocharged way to bet on the growing leverage in corporate America: business development companies.
— Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019 -
The turbocharged four-cylinder motor churns out 248 horsepower, but feels overly subdued until the dynamic driving mode is activated, significantly changing throttle response to make the all-wheel-drive SUV a more engaging driver.
— Daniel Miller, latimes.com, 29 June 2018 -
Think of the association of healthy-yet-intoxicating Californian bohemianism with the clothing brand Reformation or of turbocharged techno-masculinity with Tesla cars.
— Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021 -
While turbocharged direct injection certainly isn’t new, Audi is introducing several innovations.
— Marty Jerome, WIRED, 19 July 2007
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