How to Use supercharger in a Sentence

supercharger

noun

• Its supercharger station in Milford is now the largest on the East Coast.
  — Dana Hull, Bloomberg.com, 21 May 2017
• The supercharger housing pokes up a little above the hood, which helps a lot with cooling.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
• Saleen starts with Ford's 4.6-liter V-8 and injects a Roots-type supercharger into the mix.
  — David Dewhurst, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
• Pop the hood to check out the V-8 engine, take a spin through the interior or build on a supercharger on the floor of your living room.
  — Jonathan Bender, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2020
• Its predatory side is subtly present in the whine of the supercharger and the rumble of exhaust.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• The supercharger package runs $9725 and includes most of the first package.
  — Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
• And the delicious sound of a whining supercharger is a bonus.
  — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
• One can recharge half the battery in half an hour when it’s plugged into a supercharger, which is unique to Tesla cars only.
  — Alex Schiffer, Washington Post, 10 July 2017
• That is correct, by the way; the engines have both supercharger and turbocharger.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2018
• But there's no mid-race supercharger waiting on pit row.
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2017
• View 82 Photos Bentley says the diesel is slightly heavier than the W-12 thanks to the iron block and the additional supercharger.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2017
• And the question of where you’re supposed to charge—Tesla has done a brilliant job of addressing that on the road with its supercharger network.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2020
• The automaker has superchargers around the Bay Area, but its first in SF proper won't open until later in 2018.
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2018
• Canyonlands and Arches, our fourth and fifth parks, were located within a short drive of a supercharger in Moab.
  — Andrew Moseman, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2020
• This model is a reproduction of the car that appeared in the Mad Max films, all the way down to the supercharger, the cut-out bonnet to fit it, and a big red switch on the gear shifter to activate it.
  — Fortune, 13 Jan. 2018
• A Supercharger station like Arlington’s will do that job in about an hour.
  — Robert Cadwallader, star-telegram.com, 25 May 2017
• That being said, the supercharger cost nearly a quarter of the car’s original price tag and just 12 customers were willing to pay.
  — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
• But the optional engine, a 3.0-liter inline-six with an electric supercharger and a twin-scroll turbo, is new to the lineup.
  — Annie White, Car and Driver, 15 Sep. 2020
• Photo: Chevrolet The ZR1 has no trouble breathing, thanks to the immense supercharger sticking through the hood.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018
• The honking supercharger bulges into the driver’s forward view, blocking the lower third of the windshield.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018
• As for charging, the boat takes 10 hours when plugged into an AC outlet, four hours when plugged into a DC outlet and just an hour-and-a-half when plugged into a supercharger.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 May 2021
• Compared to the now decade-old 5-watt charging technology, any one of these USB-C setups feels like a cell phone supercharger.
  — Max Lockie, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2020
• The supercharger is a 2.65L Roots-type, mounted upside down so that the heavy stuff is lower down, improving the car's center of gravity.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2019
• If that’s not enough power, though, the second model is fitted with a supercharger that boosts output up to a monstrous 800 horses.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 June 2023
• The supercharger with twin-screw rotors has an electronic bypass valve to hold boost pressure to a maximum of 11.6 psi.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• However, by relocating the air-con unit to the front trunk, Theon Design could use the same mounting points to bolt on a centrifugal supercharger.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2022
• Farley may not take the Cybertruck seriously, but the same can’t be said for Tesla—or its supercharger network.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
• In case that’s not enough grunt for you, the car is also equipped with a Gen 5 Whipple supercharger system that can produce more than 775 hp, along with an array of performance upgrades.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 July 2021
• Tesla has just eight supercharger stations in South Dakota, and none in its northern neighbor.
  — Wired, 21 Nov. 2019
• Major automakers struck deals with Tesla last year to gain access to its network of superchargers, which are designed to juice an EV for hundreds of miles after charging for an hour or less.
  — J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024