How to Use pneumatic in a Sentence

pneumatic

adjective

• The pneumatic hiss and click of the plunger sounded like a door closing.
  — Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
• One thing the repairs will not cover is the pneumatic gate at the front of the canoe chute.
  — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• New York wasn’t the first city to embrace pneumatic mail.
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
• Then the pneumatic system lowers both the seat and lid.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
• There were no trap doors or pneumatic lifts at the Circle Star.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
• To speed things up, a pneumatic tube was run from the Western Union’s building to the Board of Trade’s building.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
• The truck had a pneumatic lift for a dumpster that was raised, which was ripped off, police said.
  — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022
• Fasten the rim to the top of the box with 2½-inch pneumatic nails or 8d galvanized finish nails [5].
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2021
• This dump cart comes in four bright colors, and it’s mounted on 10-inch pneumatic tires.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022
• The 13-inch pneumatic wheels are 4 inches thick and tough enough to make it over a variety of terrain.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2023
• In many airliners, the APU air is used to turn the pneumatic starter for the engines, which needs to be run weekly themselves.
  — John Cox, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2020
• Boosters have been heralding the dawn of a new age of pneumatic trash collection for decades.
  — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2020
• Tack-nail each part using a pneumatic pin nailer or a hammer in a few brads.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 Jan. 2019
• First position the bottom over the two ends and fasten it with the pneumatic nailer.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
• Two workers fed the orbs into a pneumatic press that smushed them into flat discs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2021
• The exam rooms feature pneumatic chairs rather than the benches that patients now must hop up on.
  — Cathie Anderson, sacbee, 3 June 2018
• Two more workers fastened the panels to steel beams with pneumatic guns.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021
• The eight-inch pneumatic tires soften the ride, and two 12-volt batteries provide power for up to 6.5 miles.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2023
• The tool the thieves wielded — a pneumatic Jaws of Life used by rescue services to free people trapped in car wrecks — is not available on the open market.
  — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
• After harvesting, which is done at night, the grapes are placed into a pneumatic press.
  — Jamie Quatro, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
• Before pneumatic tyres, city streets were full of the deafening clang of metal-rimmed wheels and horseshoes on stone.
  — The Economist, 17 May 2018
• At its peak, nearly one third of New York mail traveled through the pneumatic system every day.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
• There was damage at the base of the launch stand where the boosters produce thrust and breakage of some pneumatic lines that carry gases to the vehicle.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2022
• This scooter is more wagon than stool with giant pneumatic wheels that can roll through grass, over gravel, and through mud with ease.
  — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2023
• Tying it all together, a non-pneumatic frame will support the tread.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2020
• Lifted off those cars, the container may finish its journey in a truck, atop pneumatic tires.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
• The rocket rises for 34 glorious seconds before the flames chew through a pneumatic line, which kills the engine.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
• After fermentation and pneumatic pressing the wine is allowed to rest on its lees for just about 7 months.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2023
• Plus, the 16-inch spoked pneumatic tires on this hose reel easily travel over grass or an uneven landscape.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
• The transmission in this case is a Sadev six-speed sequential, with a pneumatic paddle shift system.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2018

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