How to Use wattage in a Sentence

wattage

noun

• Use a bulb with low wattage.
• But for the same size and wattage, the Whirlpool 1.7 Cu.
  — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2024
• And maybe, just maybe, that’s the switch that turns on the star’s high-wattage game.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
• Asked about the prospect of finding the field more, the trademark smile added wattage.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022
• In the house three low-wattage light bulbs flickered on.
  — David Fettling, Longreads, 29 Mar. 2018
• The high-wattage piece would be an elegant for the bride-to-be.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 July 2018
• Iraq was like a vast prison yard lit up by high-wattage lamps.
  — chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• The star wattage is blinding, but the film fizzles out.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2022
• This has a flexible neck and works with a max wattage of 100W.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 2 Apr. 2021
• That’s because the sun is gaining wattage rapidly, and the days are now longer than the nights.
  — Anthony R. Wood, Philly.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Workers put in lower-wattage LED bulbs and shields to focus the light on the ground.
  — USA TODAY, 5 June 2019
• Along with the big wattage numbers, the motor also makes a stout 160Nm of torque.
  — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
• No need to read through timetables for wattage and minutes.
  — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2024
• Hegerberg’s absence dims the star wattage in France–along with her country’s chances.
  — Siobhan Morrin, Time, 5 June 2019
• The higher the wattage your food processor has, the better.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 15 Jan. 2019
• This year’s festival is a little short on the mega-wattage star power at the top of the bill.
  — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 4 June 2018
• This isn’t a knock on Beilein, but in terms of pure star power, Howard has a much higher wattage.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2019
• But if the math of weight and wattage showed that panels are a good idea, everyone would do it.
  — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2020
• While quiet, Sutton is quick with a high-wattage smile.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2021
• The new fixtures are shielded to keep light focused on the ground and have lower-wattage LED bulbs.
  — Weldon Johnson, azcentral, 5 June 2019
• Few would dispute that the film still would have been a major hit with lower-wattage leads.
  — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2019
• Make sure the wattage of a USB-C port on a charging adapter or hub can handle what your device needs.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 3 July 2024
• Generally, the higher the wattage, the faster and more evenly your food will cook.
  — Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2021
• Elvis had enough wattage to light up the Vegas strip, and so does Baz Luhrmann’s flashy, glib musical biopic.
  — Katie Rife, Vulture, 24 June 2022
• Without a high wattage, a fan with a high CFM will be much less effective.
  — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
• Of the people on today’s list of speakers, Srinivasan has one of the lower-wattage names.
  — Anthony Lydgate, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022
• Glass, of course, is less likely to stain or absorb food odors, but can break and doesn’t play well with high-speed blades and wattage.
  — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 19 Aug. 2020
• This, believe it or not, was somehow not the lowest-wattage performance of the night.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2022
• That happened, but not in full wattage until 2011, for her one-woman show, Ann.
  — Jason Sheeler, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• Nor does Ford’s network advertise quite the same wattage yet.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024