How to Use electrify in a Sentence

electrify

verb
  • The news electrified the nation.
  • Many of the rural areas still aren't electrified.
  • As the push to electrify society gains speed, heat pumps are ready to play a central role.
    Robert Brecha, Quartz, 28 June 2021
  • There are currently no plans to electrify the brand’s most iconic nameplate before the end of the decade.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2021
  • These random encounters electrify our city and give us a unifying sense of self.
    Albert Fox Cahn, Wired, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Grants and more rebates are available to electrify school bus fleets and install charging stations.
    Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
  • While there are multiple steps campuses must take to electrify their fleets, the benefits far outweigh the costs.
    Rod Keller, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
  • But 2024 is also the year the company plans to electrify its American muscle cars.
    Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2021
  • Caltrain, a commuter rail line, has been planning to electrify the diesel trains that rumble about 25 feet away from the tree, a move that would eliminate the pollution that spews onto it daily.
    New York Times, 26 June 2021
  • This is more specific than usual, but with Beckham back, the Browns can take advantage of the opportunity to electrify the crowd and get the football in his hands early.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Since the 1988 Seoul Games, the saber has been electrified along the weapon’s entire edge.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
  • Hertz plans to electrify a quarter of its rental car fleet by the end of 2024.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
  • But most are aware of the rap — which is why the emergence of Bruce Lee and his iconic films in the 1970s electrified them.
    Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • In new homes, this means that electrifying things can make a lot of sense.
    Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
  • Even the East Coast, large parts of the East Coast, electrifying quickly.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 May 2024
  • Solomon was electrified: Tread where no one else has trod.
    Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • Such is the case with the thorny issue of what to do with the millions of gas cars that the rich world will discard as its fleets are electrified.
    David Zipper, Vox, 3 Sep. 2024
  • As the song’s electrifying outro kicks up, Lipa takes to the floor on her own once again.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • At its best, the gym’s speakers strike the right tenor of censored music that can electrify a team and crowd for a big game.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Standing in the long, narrow gallery at the Met is electrifying.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, guests will be wowed by electrifying sounds and beats from world-class acts in dance and house music.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • That is bravado — the sort of bring-it-on bluster that electrifies a Trump rally.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Just don’t look for Ford to electrify the Super Duty in the near future.
    Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022
  • This gives us the ability to start to electrify routes that are running on pavement in streets.
    Kari Edison Watkins, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In North America, on the other hand, less than 5% of rail routes are electrified.
    Ben Jones, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The feeling of the unknown — and the way the imagination can swirl with what could be — is electrifying.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
  • If your income is 80% of the median or lower, all of the costs to electrify the home will be covered.
    Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2023
  • One huge room was far easier to heat, cool, light, and electrify.
    Anne Helen Petersen, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Petr Klima, who electrified Detroit Red Wings fans in the 1980s with his dazzling style, has died.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
  • The company remains committed to electrifying its lineup of vehicles—and with good reason.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024

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