How to Use electricity in a Sentence

electricity

noun

• You could feel the electricity in the room.
• The electricity went off during the storm.
• The street was blocked off and electricity in the area was turned off.
  — Kcal-News Staff, CBS News, 11 July 2023
• Nigeria, which supplies up to 90% of the electricity in Niger, has cut off some of the supply.
  — Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2023
• The process uses a tremendous amount of electricity that’s about 40% of the cost, Sartor said.
  — Isabella O'Malley, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
• Part of those funds are needed to meet the rising prices for gas and electricity.
  — Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
• In Austin, electricity crews had to deal with icy roads and frozen equipment.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
• Solar power was the fastest-growing source of electricity for the 19th year in a row.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
• The 19 dune shacks of Cape Cod are sparse: Most of them don’t have running water or electricity, but that’s part of their draw.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• Some coaches like the electricity that the high school gym presents when it is packed out for a semifinal game.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
• There are bathrooms at the campground and each of the 10 RV sites include water and 30 amps of electricity.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
• And, for the first time, the harbor will install water and electricity meters on all the slips and charge renters for those services.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
• Prices of food, cooking oil, and electricity have pushed up the index.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2023
• At dusk, in the years before electricity arrived, the gentle glow of oil lamps enhanced the night.
  — Abraham Verghese, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
• Pipes move the methane into one of two engines on the farm that burns it to create heat and electricity.
  — Rachael Moeller Gorman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
• The plant is known for its affinity to LED lights, which use less electricity.
  — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
• The Montana plant would produce up to 175 megawatts of electricity.
  — Matthew Brown, ajc, 9 June 2023
• The mere mention of the name will likely send jolts of electricity down the spine of any lover of classic 1980s supercars.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2025
• For people who want lower bills: Trump promises to cut the price of electricity in half.
  — Justin Green, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
• These mooring lines hold the turbine in place against the wind and keep it connected to the cable that sends its electricity back to shore.
  — Matthew Lackner, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
• Inflation, which is at a 40-year-high, has increased the price eggs, electricity and rent.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2022
• Campers can pitch their tent at one of the sites or reserve one of the campground’s many RV sites, which have sewer, water, electricity, and up to 50 amp plug-ins.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
• This provides a constant flow of electricity even when your car is off.
  — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
• Some can regulate the flow of electricity and data to your phone – and others can’t.
  — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• For roughly a week before, the electricity and water had cut out, and there was rarely cell service.
  — Ian Lovett, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
• After all, solar and onshore wind farms are already the cheapest source of electricity for most of the world.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 5 June 2024
• Once in place, a floating house takes a few days to be hooked up to the moorage’s electricity, water and sewer services.
  — oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022
• That beautiful electricity that requires the right actor at the right time in their life.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
• Avoid any water that may be charged with electricity and do not attempt to walk through floodwaters.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 23 Feb. 2025
• The masseria lacked electricity, let alone heat and running water.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 10 Mar 2025