How to Use motor in a Sentence

motor

1 of 3 noun
  • There are three motors -- two in the rear, one in the front.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Very hard to deal with, great size, great skill, great motor.
    — Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Behind him the boat motors to a stop.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The four arms don't rely on motors at each joint.
    — Omar Kardoudi may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
  • If there’s a thing with a seat and a motor, there’s a sim game for it.
    — Keith Langston, Space.com, 31 May 2026
  • And preserve the flesh in motor oil.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • After all, a child’s fine motor skills are at stake.
    — Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
  • Ossai is known for his high motor and quick first step off the line.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Brink’s skill and motor are very likable.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In other words, if motor oil is a soup, the base stock is the broth.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 15 May 2026
  • Right then, that’s the motor and battery.
    — New Atlas, 21 May 2026
  • Green has the physique to play tough, as well as the speed and motor to play at a high pace.
    — Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Make sure to wipe the top and bottom of each blade, as well as around the motor.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Make sure to wipe the top and bottom of each blade, as well as around the motor.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • At the end of the day, a robot is a machine with motors.
    — Rishabh Chanana, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Keeping the fan clean can extend the life of the motor.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
  • As for the motor, here’s where Yamaha comes in.
    — New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Dust and lint can build up inside the motor and vent cover over time.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • Add enough broth to get the motor started and puree until smooth.
    — Andrea Weigl, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • None of these model names say a thing about how many motors are onboard.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The brake cables are pulled with an electric motor rather than a hand lever.
    — Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Parsons displayed his elite speed and motor to get that first sack.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • In most states, any store that sells motor oil must also accept waste oil.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The issue could be a faulty blend-door motor, wiring, or control.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
  • His speed, his motor has been really good.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The athleticism doesn’t stand out, but the motor does.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The motor starts with a single pulse from a 9-volt battery.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Reduce speed to low and, with the motor running, add 2 tsp.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The result is one of the simplest motors the world has ever seen.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
  • These rare earth magnets are used in hard drives and EV motors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025

motor

2 of 3 adjective
  • There’s a chance a tri-motor powertrain will also be made available down the line.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2026
  • And Rivian did commit to a tri-motor R2.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The brand’s first next-gen EV will feature a fully electric, tri-motor powertrain that produces 986 hp.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 June 2026
  • Given the symptoms, dementia is considered one of the most destructive non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
    — Patti Greco, Health.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Symptoms include tremors, slow movements, poor posture and balance, loss of automatic movements, speech changes, and non-motor symptoms such as depression and anxiety.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Other and more recent tests for Parkinson’s incorporate non-motor symptoms, such as loss of sense of smell and constipation, as correlative of the disease.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026
  • But there are non-motor symptoms that are more likely to develop later in the disease, too, and a doctor may take those into consideration when assessing someone with the disorder.
    — Patti Greco, Health, 14 Apr. 2023
  • During a public demonstration in Hobart, the ship’s massive battery-electric propulsion system drove its waterjets through an initial e-motor trial.
    — New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Large battery packs, multi-motor powertrains and complex electric systems often result in a car that costs thousands more than those with traditional internal combustion powertrains.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Sporting a 1,000+ hp tri-motor electric powertrain, it's said to be capable of dashing from 0-60 mph (0-100 km/h) in less than two seconds.
    — New Atlas, 2 May 2026
  • The top variant features a tri-motor all-wheel-drive system capable of producing up to 955 horsepower, placing it among the more powerful electric vehicles currently available.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Which will make the lineups have an R1 RAD with a quad-motor powertrain and the R2 RAD model featuring a tri-motor powertrain.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Non-motor symptoms can include depression, anxiety, hallucinations, apathy, sleep disorders, loss of smell, digestive issues and orthostatic hypotension (a sudden drop in blood pressure when standing up), according to the Parkinson’s Foundation.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Schaeffler's e-motor assembly was among the more out-of-the-ordinary items on display at the recent IAA Mobility show in Munich, which used to be the Frankfurt Motor Show, and more accustomed to roaring supercars and sleek news Benzes (and a thronging public, in pre-Covid times).
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2021

motor

3 of 3 verb
  • The car motored slowly up the hill.
  • We spent the afternoon motoring through the countryside.
  • In between, a small boat motored slowly by, its wake as white as a bridal train.
    — The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2020
  • The man started the boat and motored away despite commands to stop.
    — John Goodspeed, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Zeug motored me to the eastern shore, dropped me off and vacated the area.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2017
  • JoDell and Al motored out to get some milk, but stores were closed or out of supplies.
    — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • Sawyer would motor out to meet her for the last leg and give her a physical assessment.
    — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • The one constant is money, the pursuit of which motors the quest to control.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The police could motor by so easily, cut the hoses, and drop sugar in the gas tanks of the pumps.
    — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Visitors who don’t want that climb can motor in and out to the edge of the water on a one-car winding road.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2021
  • The boy was still not breathing by the time Haag motored the boat to a yacht club on the river’s eastern shore.
    — Nancy Rommelmann, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2018
  • One method of fishing involves motoring out into the ocean with a bright light, which attracts the fish.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2023
  • In the face of such mixed results, what is motoring voucher programs forward?
    — Peg Tyre, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Consider also the in-hand remote that can spark the two rumbly motors up to a 10 foot range.
    — Laura Delarato, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2023
  • In some places along the highway, snowpack stood taller than the vehicles motoring past.
    — Julian Brave Noisecat, Harper's magazine, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The colt motored past the two speedballs, then seized the lead from Mississippi at the top of the stretch.
    — Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Ordinarily the boat has to motor out for about a half hour before the first humpback is seen.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2019
  • The tier officer turned a switch and Mulumba’s cell motored open.
    — John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In the fifth, Harper lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple.
    — ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • In the fifth, Harper lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • That's a process that can actually involve motoring back up over the anchor to make sure the chain doesn't get too taut.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2017
  • That company could motor to file and try to leapfrog Anthropic this summer.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • As the moon rose above the water, the Rafael Peralta motored toward the strait.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Again, should these residents of our great city be forced to yield the right of way to a delivery bot motoring down the sidewalk?
    — Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • So far the trio have motored north through Canada to the Arctic Ocean, then southward.
    — Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • After cautiously edging out of the structure, the hybrid takes a right turn and begins to motor its way down the road.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Back in the water off Fort Bragg, Fonts motors his boat a few hundred yards away and drops a small anchor.
    — Nick Rahaim, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2019
  • Parris Campbell motored down the left sideline for a 74-yard touchdown.
    — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Reddick motored from first to third, allowing Tony Kemp to bat with runners at the corners.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2018
  • Neil Walker followed with a walk and motored to third when Shaw ripped a double into the right-field corner.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2017

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