How to Use hydraulic in a Sentence

hydraulic

adjective
  • The body was found wrapped in heavy tire chains and anchored to the bottom of the lake with a hydraulic jack.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • These hydraulic ponies turned out to be the perfect mules.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • And for those who like to tinker, six of those spots have hydraulic lifts.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The tender sits aft on the owner’s deck and can be moved about by a hydraulic crane.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
  • These fit between the pad and the brake caliper's hydraulic piston.
    Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The silos are built from ground level and raised with a hydraulic lift.
    Mckenna Oxenden, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2022
  • The cat also has aft and bow lounges and a hydraulic stern platform.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
  • All of which are promptly crushed by a hydraulic press.
    Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 May 2024
  • There’s a moment where Pink is on a hydraulic lift under the stage.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • Palmer, a former hydraulic repairman in the U.S. Air Force, rode out the storm on his bed.
    Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Some will prefer hydraulic brakes over the disc brakes built in to the Sol Eclipse, for example.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 26 Apr. 2022
  • One year the hydraulic lift slipped down the hill and either knocked down a neighbor’s chimney or crashed through the roof.
    Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Then came the Gold Rush, with hydraulic mining that choked creeks with gravel.
    Catrin Einhorn Max Whittaker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The hydraulic system on the Boeing 777 runs key systems, such as the landing gear, flaps and brakes.
    Gregory Wallace, CNN, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Disc brakes with hydraulic systems should be checked for leaks.
    George Petras, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2023
  • One thing to be mindful of: a bike with hydraulic brakes cannot be stored upside down.
    Popular Science, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Davila brought the girl aboard the bus at 8:29 a.m. using a hydraulic lift for her wheelchair, the complaint states.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 25 July 2023
  • An Iraqi missile had severed the plane's hydraulic lines.
    David Martin, CBS News, 1 May 2023
  • The booth is mounted on a trailer that is equipped with hydraulic lifts to raise and lower the platform.
    Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2021
  • In a nutshell, hydraulic jacks use pump plungers to move oil through two cylinders.
    Field & Stream, 12 May 2020
  • The proposal then called for 65-gallon carts with lids and for trucks with a hydraulic arm to empty the carts.
    Kynala Phillips, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The bone broth concentrate was recalled about a week ago due to the presence of hydraulic oil.
    Yoni Heisler, BGR, 10 May 2021
  • Dozens of buses came and went along Archer, hydraulic brakes wheezing.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 May 2022
  • For three decades, the Chico artist has mounted his old-timey 8-by-10-inch sheet-film camera on a hydraulic lift from his truck.
    Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • With the help of neighbors, who used a hydraulic jack to raise the car from the ground before first responders arrived, Cpl.
    Gina Martinez, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The only low point in the staging came when she was lifted via a hydraulic crane toward the back of the arena for a few songs.
    New York Times, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Coffee sloshing in the pot and his 500-ton liftboat - propped above the waves on four hydraulic legs - vibrating from the force of the wind.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2021
  • Coffee sloshing in the pot and his 500-ton liftboat — propped above the waves on four hydraulic legs — vibrating from the force of the wind.
    Washington Post, 8 May 2021
  • Darrell Sheriff, 41, was underneath the truck working on a hydraulic line when the tailgate opened and asphalt fell on him, Jackson Police Department said in a statement.
    CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Darrell Sheriff, 41, was underneath the truck working on a hydraulic line when the tailgate opened and asphalt fell on him, The Associated Press reported.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024

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