How to Use pressurize in a Sentence

pressurize

verb

• A pump is used to pressurize the fuel.
• Don't let them pressurize you to do anything you don't want to do.
• The system that pressurizes the airplane's cabin failed to operate correctly.
• Due to a lack of atmosphere in the moon, the suit is pressurized with 4.3 square pounds of oxygen per square inch.
  — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 17 July 2019
• That’s the part — known as the door plug — that blew off on Flight 1282 when the plane’s interior was pressurized.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
• The GrowGreen hose starts out at 17 feet long and once pressurized, expands to full length.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2019
• In the Falcon 9, helium is the gas of choice to pressurize the propellant tank.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
• Each Coke bottle serves as a reservoir for air, pressurized by a bike pump.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2016
• The fan pressurizing the planting system came to life again.
  — Ted Genoways, New Republic, 19 Sep. 2017
• Other equipment would pressurize the gas and send it down a borehole.
  — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
• With the suit still pressurized, Eustace couldn’t extend his arms overhead to grab the handles that controlled the chute.
  — Laura Parker, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
• The upper stage shell was thinned almost to the thickness of a soda can, just barely strong enough to keep the crew cabin pressurized.
  — Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 17 July 2019
• These suits are designed for liftoff and descents, and can be pressurized in case of an emergency.
  — Wired, 16 Oct. 2019
• To fire the Super Draco engines, the system is rapidly pressurized to 2,400 pounds per square inch.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 15 July 2019
• Air is pressurized by an electric engine for the brake system.
  — Washington Post, 12 May 2018
• Some experts warned if the cave where the boys are trapped is pressurized, then drilling a hole could simply have sucked water levels higher.
  — Jake Maxwell Watts, WSJ, 8 July 2018
• So what happens to your body when an airplane cabin is not pressurized?
  — Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 21 Sep. 2018
• And the simpler kit seemed to force the adhesive deeper into the crack faster by using the plunger as a piston to rapidly pressurize the system.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2018
• But warm beer and warm weather don't mix, so keep things cool and carbonated with this uKeg pressurized growler.
  — Popular Mechanics Shop Team, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2018
• In the 1800s, the site, which includes early Erie Canal locks, was used for a pioneering system that fed and pressurized the city's fire hydrants.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 12 June 2023
• If the oxygen cylinders run out, this ventilator can use air in the cabin and pressurize it.
  — Christina MacKenzie, Popular Science, 30 Mar. 2020
• Your canner will pressurize during the next 3 to 5 minutes.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• Japan Airlines, at the time, typically pressurized the inside cabin to about 8.9 pounds of force per square inch.
  — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
• Today, oil companies use the gas to squeeze more oil to the surface by pressurizing reservoirs.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2019
• Release the clip, and push the handle in, lightly pressurizing the barrel and forcing adhesive into the chip for a minute or so.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2018
• That's why airplanes are pressurized — to keep us alive and comfortable throughout the journey.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2023
• In this test, the fuel tanks were filled with liquid nitrogen and then pressurized to levels seen during flight.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2020
• All airplane cabins are pressurized to simulate the amount of pressure felt at 8,000 feet.
  — Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 21 Sep. 2018
• Maybe Elliott is agitating in the hope of pressurizing Three Gorges to make a higher bid.
  — Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2019
• Our fuel-air mixture, slightly pressurized, enters through the holes on one end.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024