How to Use jet engine in a Sentence

jet engine

noun

• As more machines were switched on, the noise sounded like a ceiling fan, then a leaf blower, then a jet engine.
  — By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
• Investigators believe one of the jet engine’s blades broke and came loose, which caused the engine to fail.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 19 Apr. 2018
• Still, modern jet engines are a paragon of reliability.
  — Jack Stewart, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2018
• The accident raised questions because jet engines are certified to be able to withstand a broken fan blade without causing major damage.
  — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• The incident raised a number of questions because jet engines are certified to be able to withstand a broken fan blade without causing major damage.
  — Julie Johnsson and Alan Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• For more than a half-century, jet engines have taken the lead in advancing the capabilities of airliners, with each engine more powerful than the newest plane.
  — Christine Negroni, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
• Inspectors now believe that the CFM56-7B jet engine failure occurred when one of the engine’s fan blades broke off and came loose.
  — Time, 22 Apr. 2018
• That would serve as a setback for GE, which makes jet engines for the 737 Max.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 31 July 2019
• In the mid-1950s, the jet engine had almost completed its takeover of the U.S. Air Force.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Aug. 2020
• The two jet engines on the arms both produce forces in the x-direction.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 18 June 2019
• Ars tested the game on a PS4 Pro, which often whirred like a jet engine to keep up.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 12 June 2020
• Want to drone out the rumbling of airplane jet engines or the chatter on trains?
  — Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2024
• Phillips recreates the roar of the crowd like a burst of white noise or, as Dinning describes it, a jet engine.
  — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 29 June 2023
• When the roof is down, the area behind the seats is designed to resemble the humps over the jet engines of fighter planes.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 Oct. 2019
• The roar of such fires has been compared to a jet engine, or oncoming freight train.
  — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
• This suit has one main jet engine on the pilot's back with two smaller jets on each arm.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 18 June 2019
• That puts it in the same range as a firecracker, or a jet engine taking off some 330 feet away.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
• The Kitten will have a small jet engine, a wingspan of about eighteen feet, and will cruise at around 560 mph for six hours.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
• Dad built jet engine blades at a TRW factory in Danville and was a hog and tomato farmer.
  — John Baer, Philly.com, 4 May 2018
• The crowd noise may approach jet engine levels, but that doesn’t seem to faze anyone.
  — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 31 May 2018
• Volcanic ash can cause a jet engine to shut down due to the spray’s angular and sharp texture.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 July 2023
• The scene was still eerie: the gloom, the heat, the whispering, the low, insistent whine of the jet engine, the mass of dim faces crowded so close together.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
• The devices also need to be able to withstand weather and the extreme winds from jet engines.
  — Kyle Arnold, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• The jet engine business had revenue of $22 billion last year.
  — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
• Noise canceling works best on constant sound, like the constant drone of a jet engine.
  — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2020
• The heat escaping into the street through an open door was quickly backfilled with more from the jet engine rush of the burners.
  — Kate Selig, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
• JetTrain was not the first attempt to bring jet engine technology to the rails.
  — Ben Jones, CNN, 8 June 2021
• But then there aren’t many who also happen to be a top gun at a company that makes jet engines.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2023
• The maker of jet engines, MRI machines and light bulbs also stopped burning through cash.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 30 Oct. 2019
• The potential miracle crop might power tomorrow’s jet engines and clean up waterways in the karst-rich hill country of the Upper Midwest.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024