How to Use axle in a Sentence

axle

noun

• The axle is the rod that goes through the middle of a gear.
  — Scientific American, 21 Nov. 2019
• When the wheels had a chance to fully hop off the axles.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• The Snap’s wheel-on design clamps over the ends of the rear axle.
  — Bobby Lea, Popular Mechanics, 17 Sep. 2020
• The all-wheel drive system can send 10%-50% of torque to the rear axle.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2021
• The Apex has a skewer here, which is used to clamp the axle in place.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2023
• Cut the axle bolts to length, and mount the wheels, washers, and bolts to each truck.
  — Roy Berendsohn and Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2020
• Four-wheel drive locks the speeds of the front and rear axles together.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2023
• Align the splines on the inside of the wheel with the gear on the end of the drive axle and push the wheel onto the mower.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
• The car’s axle was bent and an airbag had been deployed.
  — cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
• Logano failed to start the race because of a broken axle on the No.
  — Dan Gelston, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2019
• The crash was so violent that the rear axle was ripped off the van.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• The pack's thin cells form the Lyriq's belly pan and span the area between the front and rear axles.
  — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023
• This is the portion of the end of each rail car’s axle that rests on the assembly of the wheels.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
• The Eastside is the axle from which the rest of L.A.’s Latino power wheel springs.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• The new Ghosts have all-wheel drive, air springs, and rear-axle steering.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 28 Oct. 2021
• Three or more axle trucks cannot use the express lanes.
  — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021
• The train’s first axle came off the track south of the airport station’s Metro platform.
  — Justin George, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• The wheel bearings attach the axles to the wheels, while allowing the wheels to spin.
  — Ray Magliozzi, courant.com, 23 Sep. 2019
• The wheel mounting surface of the axle flange may be warped and cause the wheel studs to fracture.
  — Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2021
• But, doing that still leaves the wheel on each axle with the least traction free to spin.
  — Wes Siler, Outdoor Life, 29 Sep. 2020
• The lock nut on the trailing arm of the rear axle may break due to stress corrosion.
  — USA TODAY, 13 May 2021
• With the Edition 1 there will be three motors, one up front and two on the rear axle.
  — Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2020
• And a middle axle is added to create a true six-wheel drive.
  — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
• If the shipping box gets turned on its side for too long, axle oil will drip.
  — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Science, 3 June 2020
• Much of this has to do with the selection of axle ratios.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2020
• But the bulk of the engine sits behind the front axle line, and there's still room for the battery against the firewall.
  — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 25 Sep. 2020
• The front is still a straight solid axle, which is typical for the ’30s.
  — Jack Hagemann, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2021
• The axle that cracked was built in 1992 and was still within it useful life, Gonneville said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• This helps increase the contact area between the caliper and the fork axle support by 30%.
  — New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2025
• The wood is cut and typically sanded and painted, using the kit’s axles and wheels.
  — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025