How to Use motorize in a Sentence

motorize

verb

• The wall is motorized and splits a room in half, WUSA reported.
  — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 21 May 2018
• For one, the Prodesk 60 is motorized so that it can be effortlessly raised and lowered at the push of a button.
  — Anna Hecht, CNN Underscored, 11 June 2018
• The peaceful lakes themselves are open for non-motorized craft.
  — Cameron Sullivan, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2019
• Hikers and walkers are at the mercy of bike riders, whether they are motorized or not.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2019
• The Motorguide Xi3 is a great choice for kayak anglers looking to motorize their fishing kayak.
  — Ric Burnley, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2023
• Hey, one of the country's longest non-motorized, single-track trails.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019
• Even better, many of the options are motorized, meaning they can be opened and closed from a wireless remote.
  — Madeleine Bokan, House Beautiful, 15 Jan. 2019
• And a third student is researching ways the device could be motorized.
  — Demetrio Teniente, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
• In a nod to self-sweeping brooms shown in movies and on TV, the shop has recently started selling its own motorized version.
  — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 11 Oct. 2018
• One of the big attractions was a 10-foot motorized Godzilla, featuring a head that moved and foot tapped to a recording of band Blue Oyster Cult.
  — Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 7 Oct. 2017
• At the time, his son built a temporary wheelchair ramp to the small front porch to accommodate Spagna's motorized wheelchair.
  — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2017
• There’s also a choice of manual or motorized movement and a wood or metal base.
  — Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The swing motion is motorized by either an AC adapter plug or batteries.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• The wheelchair was not motorized or impressive in any way, but its existence was telling.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2023
• The company has said that 20 percent of its employees in Seattle don’t use motorized transport to get to work.
  — James B. Stewart, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2017
• The best way to motorize a kayak inexpensively is with a transom-mount trolling motor.
  — Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2021
• Earlier in the decade, it was widely believed that motorized cheaters used a system from Austria now called Viv a x Assist.
  — Ian Austen, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2016
• The carrier is fully motorized, with the ability to lift and drop anchors, lift decks, and rotate radar dishes.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2015
• Dozens of Tuk Tuks — or motorized rickshaws — crowd the streets around the square, ferrying protesters back and forth from homes, and the injured to ambulances and hospitals.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
• The monitor arm that holds up to three displays isn’t motorized anymore, but the Thronos picked up massage capabilities, so that’s a net win in my book.
  — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 4 Sep. 2019
• The movement to motorize kayaks started with shade tree engineers rigging their kayaks with all manner of motors.
  — Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2021
• Touring models get a handy kick-to-open motorized tailgate, but the original CR-V’s load floor that turned into a picnic table is long gone.
  — Tom Voelk, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2017
• The breeze felt deliciously pure — nothing motorized is permitted on the island, not even golf carts.
  — Joelle Quinn, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023
• A bike lane in San Francisco sports green paint and is separated from motorized traffic by plastic tubes.
  — Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 12 June 2017
• Even better was the fact that the partition was motorized, allowing for Porter to open and close his own personal curtain without touching them.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2020
• The set also features adjustable and motorized turbine blades and a movable nacelle with aircraft warning lights.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2018
• Adams is also partial to automated features like motorized hanging rods that can move up and down with the press of a button or a carousel-style shoe organizer.
  — Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, 1 July 2019
• Much later, the article shares that pedestrians do not care to share the sidewalks with people riding bicycles, motorized or not.
  — Ed Wallace, star-telegram, 21 Apr. 2018
• Pedro, 8, athletic with a toothy smile, sometimes hung on the back of his father’s motorized chair, releasing himself and leaping in attempts to hit doorway tops.
  — Written By Nikita Stewart; Photographs By Sam Hodgson, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2018
• The technology took off in the early 20th century with the addition of a hand-cranked—and then motorized—drum, which significantly sped up and simplified the process.
  — National Geographic, 24 June 2016

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024