How to Use diesel engine in a Sentence

diesel engine

noun
  • Getting the diesel engine to run hotter was the tricky part.
    Byian Mount, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • As the diesel engine thrums below decks, the laptops come out.
    Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Two battery units of 90KVA are set up on trucks, which are charged by a diesel engine.
    Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Things got even weirder in a Tahoe with the available 3.0-liter diesel engine.
    Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 29 Mar. 2021
  • It can be used for almost any new or old diesel engine.
    Steven Savage, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The batteries are charged by the diesel engine, which needs oxygen to run.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2019
  • On a recent trip, the diesel engine rumbled and the exhaust fan whirred and whistled.
    New York Times, 9 July 2022
  • The recall is to replace fuel pumps in trucks with the 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine.
    Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Frost Town occupies the same footprint as the old diesel engine repair shop that had stood there since the 1970s.
    Emma Balter, Chron, 27 June 2022
  • It will still be called Amarok, and a diesel engine will continue to be offered.
    Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The standard engine will be a 6.2-liter V8 while, for the first time, a diesel engine will be offered as an option.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Some states are using the funds to buy more (albeit cleaner) diesel engines.
    Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 11 July 2019
  • The 68 green-zone buses also mark the end of Muni’s reliance on all-diesel engines.
    Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The cab became very quiet as the diesel engine cut out and electric motors took over.
    New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
  • At the intersection, Taggart was met by a cacophony of screams, the growl of the diesel engine and the blaring of the SUV’s horn.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2021
  • When an electric train gets stranded, a diesel engine goes out and rescues it.
    WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Almost 20 years later, in the parking lot at the city garage, Kelsey fired up the truck's big, Caterpillar diesel engine.
    Neil Johnson, Star Tribune, 31 May 2021
  • In the near future, the diesel engine could be replaced with an electric or hydrogen one, to make the plane emissions-free.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
  • But the brands will continue to offer gasoline and diesel engines.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2019
  • That's why marine diesel engines stand three stories tall.
    IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2019
  • The serious work, some argue, is still done by gas guzzling diesel engines.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The issue may be due to a cheap part untethering near the backup diesel engine, Phaneuf said.
    Washington Post, 18 June 2021
  • The diesel engine charges the lithium-ion battery while in use, with a full charge delivered within 30 minutes.
    Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2022
  • With the estate’s dairy herd and tractors sold, the sound of diesel engines and milking machines quickly gave way to the calls of turtle doves, nightingales, and woodlarks.
    Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Under the hood, a massive cooling unit and a modular power box reside where the diesel engine used to live.
    Derek Powell, Ars Technica, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Note that your installer will have to program the setup to work properly with your diesel engine’s glow plugs.
    Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The diesel engine and all hardware were removed, restored and then reinstalled.
    Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities, 27 June 2019
  • Volkswagen’s diesel engine emissions scandal in 2015 may have soured some people’s love for the brand.
    chicagotribune.com, 28 May 2021
  • All of the affected vehicles have a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 July 2019
  • In terms of grunt, the cat is equipped with two propellers that are powered by a diesel engine through a reverse-reduction gearbox.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023

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