How to Use rev in a Sentence

rev

1 of 2 noun
  • Yet the young men wear new American sports gear and rev shiny dirt bikes.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2019
  • Any true health fiend knows, though, that the wind-down is just as important as the rev-up.
    — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2018
  • The capcom woke Buzz Aldrin one rev early to do a rendezvous radar check.
    — Jennifer Bogo, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2019
  • Indeed, that's a lot of rev in the Rocket City and the zoom is getting more room, too.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 11 Feb. 2020
  • And getting caught too low in the rev range exposes the engine’s laggy nature.
    — Jared Gall, Car and Driver, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Once again, the engine's partner in lap times is a six-speed manual transmission with a rev-match feature.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 July 2022
  • There's no auto rev-match system, which makes the pedal position even more regrettable.
    — Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 9 Aug. 2020
  • That makes sense, as this natural chemical has been shown to curb appetite and rev metabolism.
    — Cynthia Sass, Rd, Health.com, 10 June 2019
  • Mushroom barley soup gets a rev of flavor from a bottle of nut brown ale in the beginning and a splash of pickle brine at the end for brightness.
    — Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Active rev matching can be turned on or off, but its on-point operation allows amateur drivers to feel like pros.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2018
  • As long as rumors of a rotary revival endure, car lovers will dream of this fussy, quirky engine once again powering the wheels of a torquey, rev-happy ride.
    — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 21 May 2018
  • Fuel economy comes in at 16 mpg city and 25 highway for the Tremec six-speed with rev-matching.
    — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2018
  • Honda’s reworked automatic rev-matching works well on slower laps and is a helpful aid when learning braking and turn-in points.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 21 Nov. 2022
  • For drivers still perfecting their craft, the Mach 1 features rev-matching downshifts—purists will be happy to know it can be shut off.
    — Nelson Ireson, Car and Driver, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The pedals are spaced a bit far apart for easy heel-and-toeing, but the auto rev-matching feature (which can be turned off) works better than most Nikes will.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2022
  • There is also a red button that engages an automatic rev-matching function for the transmission.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Preuninger's team has listened to customers very closely, and as a result, the manual's rev-match system can be turned off entirely.
    — Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Carr stalled out again Texas’ guard Marcus Carr had little rev to him once again, as the Bears held him to a quiet outing.
    — Dallas News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • When all the kids are outside, the center is quiet save the rattling hum of the AC and the intermittent rev of a passing car.
    — Jennifer Brookland, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2022
  • First, these will be the last Corvettes with a manual transmission—a trick seven-speeder with a rev-matching function for downshifting.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018
  • The rev was upped by pressing all patients, including low-income ones, for payment, repeatedly and pretty much relentlessly.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In Sport mode, the automatic rev matching on downshifts increases the V-10’s chortle.
    — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 5 May 2017
  • One of the notable additions to the new Si is a rev-matching system, which was previously available only on the Civic Type R.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Selecting the manual also brings active rev matching (V-6 and V-8 only), which provides smooth downshifts for those who can’t heel-and-toe on the go.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The other main advantage King claims is that the Szorenyi's rev limit isn't constrained by the crankshaft bending that results from the Wankel's eccentric rotors.
    — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
  • The rev-up came after the company's sales and earnings reports late Wednesday topped Wall Street forecasts for the final three months of 2019.
    — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Listing the top DeFi assets will generate revenue for exchanges in the form of trading fees, listing fees, net interest margin (for DeFi lending products), staking rev-share, and other new product lines.
    — Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • For OnePlus, Android 11 also brings a rev of its Android skin, and the headline inclusion is that after years of complaints, the company is finally adding an always-on display mode to its smartphones.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2020

rev

2 of 2 verb
  • Then Cink, who had three birdies on the front 9, revved his game.
    — Jay Paris, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The plot engine is revving for real now.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Commuter engines revved and the desert winds picked up around him.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The driver stopped the car and was revving the engine while it was stopped.
    — cleveland, 5 Feb. 2020
  • They were designed for fundraising and for tweets and to just rev up a base.
    — al, 8 Apr. 2022
  • But Thiesse is also the engine that makes the pair rev.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Athletes’ hearts and lungs still rev up like a car in park with a foot on the gas pedal.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Feb. 2022
  • With each press, the engine will rev up and back down several times.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Distant thuds and the sound of revving engines can be heard as the footage pans wildly.
    — Matthew Mulligan, NBC News, 8 June 2023
  • Jena Sims dons an engine-revving minidress.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • The plot engine revs, gently, when a dark-haired man appears tied up in her pantry.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The conversation was like a car revving its engine ready to go.
    — Melissa Schorr, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • People are revving chainsaws and lighting fires.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Pinheiro Braathen revved the crowd.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Manis put on her helmet, hopped on the bike, revved the engine and then did just that.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • When a person stops using steroids, the body’s machinery takes a while to rev up again.
    — William Neff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • In a world where everything is supposed to be equal, the rev-share can now be unequal.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
  • That's of course thanks to the caffeine, a stimulant that can rev up your body's engine for the day.
    — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The driver can then rev the engine to different speeds and try to make the noise occur.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022
  • This month arrives as a gentle exhale before the engine revs back up.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
  • Mopeds rev their engines and rush by the murals of Diego Maradona.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Democrats are revving up efforts to turn out more left-leaning voters in hopes of closing that margin.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Campaigns were revving up their last push before the March 17 contest.
    — cleveland, 14 Mar. 2020
  • In the final race of the Clash, 23 cars will rev up at the same time on the quarter-mile track.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Early the next morning, the group was literally revving to go.
    — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The sound of revving engines was slowly building up around them; the smell of unburned fuel hung heavy in the air.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Sanders has counted on big rock-concert style events to demonstrate his strength and to rev up his young supporters.
    — Charlotte Alter, Time, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Wall Street banks had hoped that deal making would rev back up in early 2023.
    — Annamaria Andriotis, wsj.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But once tots reached the preschool age -- the 2- to 4-year-olds -- two shots didn’t rev up enough immunity.
    — Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The calm scene is a far cry from the revving tractors and bales of hay blocking major highways just a few miles outside the city.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024

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