How to Use generator in a Sentence

generator

noun
  • This new product will be a major revenue generator.
  • To the east, the blank wall of an 8-story garage, and the hum of a generator encased in it.
    Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The result was that the set was like a dopamine generator.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
  • The e-motor on the ’box also acts as the starter motor and a generator.
    WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Try out this Elf on the Shelf name generator and create a moniker all your own!
    Melissa Mills, Parents, 12 Dec. 2023
  • In the evening, a generator is switched on, and everyone comes to charge their phones.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The nacelles that house the generator for each wind turbine are there, too.
    Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Small home generators are designed to run for hours or days, not weeks and months.
    CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The engine acts solely as a generator, kicking in once the 80 miles of range from the 31 kwh battery has run out.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But the batteries are mainly there to handle the tiny gap in time that generators need to kick in.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
  • And the longer that sand sits in one place, the more dust that place generates: The world’s great dust generator lies in North Africa: the vast expanses of the Sahara.
    Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 4 May 2023
  • Each one was laden with supplies: generators, propane tanks, trash bags full of clothing, and ready-to-eat meals.
    Reis Thebault, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The music files were being used as datasets to train AI voice generators, which could then churn out deepfake tracks in the styles of these singers.
    Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 23 June 2023
  • In the end, the L.A. Coliseum show earned $3.7 million. Kx5 didn’t have to cover the cost of a new generator.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Below, crews pulled up the metal dredge to check for jammed logs and rock as giant generators hummed.
    USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Humans could choose to burn coal in a power plant to heat the water into steam and spin a generator.
    Noah Gordon, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • To his right is a large pipe marked where the carbon-spewing generators used to connect to the rest of the snowmaking system.
    Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, the engine can recharge the battery, working as a small generator to give it extra mileage on the go.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
  • With the power cut, a generator pumped running water to the building for only an hour a day.
    Vivian Yee, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • Somehow the noise of the generator that powers all the lights and other luxuries doesn’t flare ducks.
    Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The agency is the state's third-largest revenue generator.
    CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The agency is the state’s third-largest revenue generator.
    Andrew Selsky, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Flash said Scabby can inflate in about a minute and a half with a generator and deflate in about 30 seconds.
    Mae Anderson, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • Trucks play a key role in Ford profits, with the F-Series being the top revenue generator.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Her family has made plans to set up a whole house generator.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Three years ago, a 24-kilowatt whole house generator was connected to the home.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
  • On Saturday Patrick’s family made the two-hour drive to Lufkin, Texas to buy a generator.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Many use wells for water and must rely on generators to run their water pumps when the power goes out.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
  • If your generator makes excessive noise or gives off fumes, it will be shut off.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • There’s also geothermal heating and cooling, along with solar panels, a generator, and on-site parking for up to 100 vehicles.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024

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