How to Use winterize in a Sentence

winterize

verb

• They are winterizing their cars by adding antifreeze and putting on snow tires.
• The fountain will then be winterized and shut off for the winter.
  — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2017
• The state did not push utilities to winterize the grid, the power lines and the power plants.
  — CBS News, 21 Feb. 2021
• Time to put away the white pants, get the barbecue grill winterized and get that list of school supplies out.
  — Dave Giancaspro, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2010
• Innes hopes it can be winterized so that program can run year-round.
  — Kathy McCormack, The Seattle Times, 26 June 2017
• As another lawn-mowing season comes to a close, now's the time to winterize your lawn mower for the cold months ahead.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2021
• Your pool is now fully winterized and waiting for spring.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2018
• Check out our guides on how to winterize your home and how to stay cool without air-conditioning.
  — Matt Jancer, Wired, 12 June 2022
• Check out our guides on how to winterize your home and how stay cool without air conditioning.
  — Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Feb. 2021
• Those actions are cheap - all of the homes in Texas could be winterized for less than the $50 billion in power price premiums paid out during Uri.
  — Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Gas mowers also require regular maintenance to make sure the mower is winterized in the fall and ready to go in the spring.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2023
• The weather service encouraged people to prepare a supply kit for their homes and to winterize cars and homes.
  — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2022
• They were forced to winterize their units, and regulators stepped up inspections and levied healthy fines.
  — Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2022
• It wasn’t winterized, though, and as their children neared college age, the owners wanted to vacation here year- round.
  — Hillary Brown, House Beautiful, 30 Aug. 2018
• Bridgestone Tires offers 11 ways how to winterize your car before a winter storm.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2022
• Think of winterizing your pool as doing your future self a favor.
  — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 4 Sep. 2023
• Paying to winterize the equipment needed to keep power plants running has been one of the casualties.
  — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2021
• Pipelines could have been ordered to winterize; power plants could have maintained on-site backup.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2021
• Get prepared by Wednesday: Dig out your winter coats and hats and winterize your car: check tires, find ice scraper, and locate your emergency kit.
  — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2019
• None of the main event buildings at Becket are winterized — no insulation, no heating — so our guests froze their tushes off.
  — As Told To Alexa Tsoulis-Reay and Alyssa Shelasky, The Cut, 17 July 2017
• In addition to the triple immediate crises, Abbott said that from now on, Texas will winterize all sources of energy.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2021
• The boyfriend, who had been helping Quintal winterize her uncle’s cabin, left two days before the Oct. 17 incident.
  — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2019
• After a Texas freeze in 2011, power plant operators were asked to winterize.
  — USA Today, 19 May 2021
• Further donations enabled him to complete repairs on the plumbing and the gas heater system, and winterize the property.
  — Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• Jeep’s customer research must have reached the same conclusion, because now there is a go-to trim that winterizes every vehicle in its lineup.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2020
• And there are only about five companies that winterize boats, says Hearns Marine owner Danny Hearns.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• Ships that regularly sail in icy waters must be ice-hardened or winterized, to withstand the pounding and stress of thick ice and cold temperatures.
  — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2019
• Otherwise, this is a chance to winterize your castle, catch up on reading, or visit someone special.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 31 Oct. 2022
• And the total incentives for winterization are far lower than Texas paid for the failure to winterize.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2022
• Customers can also choose to winterize their pipes, such as with insulation.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024