How to Use energy in a Sentence

energy

noun
  • The kids are always so full of energy.
  • She puts a lot of energy into her work.
  • They devoted all their energy to the completion of the project.
  • They devoted all their energies to the completion of the project.
  • The newer appliances conserve more energy.
  • Grapes Eat a bunch of grapes to boost your energy and your mood.
    Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 6 Aug. 2024
  • At the same time, his energy kind of kicked us in our asses a little bit.
    Daniel Kohn, Spin, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The move also took a bite out of the British energy giant’s oil and gas reserves.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 26 July 2023
  • One kilowatt-hour is the energy used by leaving a 40-watt bulb on for 24 hours.
    Wayne Chang, CNN, 12 July 2023
  • Its energy has been building over the past weekend and echoes throughout the days to come.
    Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
  • There are tears but there’s also a playful energy in the air.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The demand for something like Bluesky is clear, and the energy around it is real.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • Despite the frenetic energy of each episode, the plot barely seemed to move for the first half of the season.
    Time, 19 June 2023
  • Only 30 minutes into the show, the rapper left the stage due to a low energy crowd.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • There’s a sense of energy and movement in the image, but also of being frozen in time.
    Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • The high-octane energy of the entire room had the location on Broome Street buzzing.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Sep. 2023
  • My boss is terrible at his job and wastes the time and energy of the 100 people below him.
    Roxane Gay, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The ancient eastern faults have also stored up a lot of energy over time.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The Pirates play with energy, a sense of purpose, and have a deep rotation and bullpen.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Still, taking food and energy out of the mix left core inflation at 4.8% in June – well above the Fed's 2% target.
    Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • And as part of that, a lot of our energy right now for the first two-thirds of 2024 is just around getting Max launched, re-platformed and out to consumers around the world.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • No one should have to die inside their own home because of energy costs.
    Elijah Hutchinson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Ruben always had and still has an energy that people wanted to come and be around him.
    Fred Bronson, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • On the weekends, things get lively when live music brings a buzzy energy to the historic space.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Remi, who was pregnant, ate wild dates to get enough energy for the journey.
    Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • There is an energy and anticipation the war here is about to kick up a gear.
    Nic Robertson, CNN, 13 May 2023
  • Finally, when blooms fade, deadhead, or cut off, the seed heads to allow the plant to store more energy for next year’s bloom.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 16 May 2023
  • Either way, the time has come to focus your energy into one area.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
  • While mirroring the energy on the court, the sense of urgency would seem to come from the opportunity to reenvision the sports drama from the Indigenous perspective.
    Stephen Saito, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
  • As a deaf performer Miles literally embodied our favorite Bad Gyal’s music and energy, making history as the first woman deaf-perfomer to be featured during football’s big night.
    Essence, 11 Sep. 2024

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