How to Use circuit breaker in a Sentence

circuit breaker

noun

• The lights still must be matched to a circuit breaker with the same three-digit string.
  — Laura Feiveson, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2020
• He got involved with the CPSC and circuit breakers in the 1980s.
  — Elisabeth Leamy, ajc, 10 May 2018
• Think of it as a giant version of the circuit breaker in your home.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2019
• Once the state of Kentucky gives the final go ahead, the two circuit breakers in a box will be flipped and the span will once again sparkle.
  — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• There must be circuit breakers in place in the event the market swings too wildly.
  — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Restore power to the circuit by switching the circuit breaker back on and test the switch.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2018
• This time out, known as a circuit breaker, kicked in when the shares had fallen 20% from their opening price.
  — Shefali Anand, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2021
• There's been hope that tech earnings could serve as a circuit breaker.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
• Houston replied with a suggestion to pull the circuit breaker for the radar, and then power the system back on, which did the trick.
  — Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
• Go to the main electrical panel and flip off the circuit breaker that’s feeding power to the light switch.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 4 July 2020
• South Australians will pause and create a 6 day circuit breaker that will enable us to get ahead of the Parafield Cluster.
  — Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2020
• Please have someone check your circuit breakers or fuse box.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2023
• One of the island’s four main power plants had suffered the failure of a circuit breaker, erupting in flames.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2022
• Restore power to the switch by flipping on the circuit breaker (or replacing the fuse).
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 4 July 2020
• Sandworm then used the access to open circuit breakers that cut power.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2017
• In an effort to get the system back online, Ray reboots the power and journeys into the bowels of the park to flip the circuit breakers.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 June 2018
• This system is somewhat like a circuit breaker box in a home, and for some reason four of the breakers were opened when they were not supposed to be.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2022
• To shut off electricity, turn off all small breakers and then shut off the main circuit breaker.
  — Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 July 2018
• Large air conditioners with 12 to 15 amps can trip the circuit breaker.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 8 June 2023
• Behind it was the washer dryer, the circuit breaker, all of the guts that keep this manse fully functional.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 May 2021
• In such cases, someone would have to remove a circuit breaker on the plane to prevent the device from starting over again.
  — Mark Walker, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• The Glasscocks tried to skirt that doctrine by flipping the circuit breaker—a trick Sabbath mode is designed to override.
  — Tripp Mickle, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2021
• An officer reset a circuit breaker in her home that solved the issue.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 21 May 2022
• Then lightning struck a circuit breaker and knocked out power to pumps at Kentucky's largest sewage treatment plant.
  — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 6 Apr. 2018
• Know in advance where your residence's fuse box is located and how to turn the power and circuit breakers on and off.
  — Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2020
• This in turn can sever the wire or cause a circuit breaker to trip, cutting off electricity.
  — Douglas Starr, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2011
• However, if a market drop of 20% triggers a Level 3 circuit breaker at any time during the day, trading will be shut down for the rest of the day.
  — Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
• After the death of the courtesan Satine, the company takes a bow in silence, then the club M.C., Zidler, flips a circuit breaker.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2019
• These include the fuse box, meters, circuit breaker, outlets, switches, and sockets.
  — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
• Trading was halted for short periods of time in Japan and South Korea as circuit breakers designed to prevent panic selling were triggered multiple times.
  — Laura He, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024