How to Use electrify in a Sentence

electrify

verb
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  • The news electrified the nation.
  • Many of the rural areas still aren't electrified.
  • Since the 1988 Seoul Games, the saber has been electrified along the weapon’s entire edge.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
  • Hertz plans to electrify a quarter of its rental car fleet by the end of 2024.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
  • But most are aware of the rap — which is why the emergence of Bruce Lee and his iconic films in the 1970s electrified them.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • In new homes, this means that electrifying things can make a lot of sense.
    — Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
  • Even the East Coast, large parts of the East Coast, electrifying quickly.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 May 2024
  • Solomon was electrified: Tread where no one else has trod.
    — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • Such is the case with the thorny issue of what to do with the millions of gas cars that the rich world will discard as its fleets are electrified.
    — David Zipper, Vox, 3 Sep. 2024
  • As the song’s electrifying outro kicks up, Lipa takes to the floor on her own once again.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • At its best, the gym’s speakers strike the right tenor of censored music that can electrify a team and crowd for a big game.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But that is in fact the nameplate the Detroit giant chose to electrify first and, to be quite frank, what a perfect choice.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 June 2021
  • Standing in the long, narrow gallery at the Met is electrifying.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, guests will be wowed by electrifying sounds and beats from world-class acts in dance and house music.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
  • That is bravado — the sort of bring-it-on bluster that electrifies a Trump rally.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • As the push to electrify society gains speed, heat pumps are ready to play a central role.
    — Robert Brecha, Quartz, 28 June 2021
  • Just don’t look for Ford to electrify the Super Duty in the near future.
    — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022
  • This gives us the ability to start to electrify routes that are running on pavement in streets.
    — Kari Edison Watkins, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In North America, on the other hand, less than 5% of rail routes are electrified.
    — Ben Jones, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The feeling of the unknown — and the way the imagination can swirl with what could be — is electrifying.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
  • Thompson helped the Cannons build a 3-0 lead, scoring two goals in less than three minutes to electrify the crowd.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
  • If your income is 80% of the median or lower, all of the costs to electrify the home will be covered.
    — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2023
  • There are currently no plans to electrify the brand’s most iconic nameplate before the end of the decade.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2021
  • One huge room was far easier to heat, cool, light, and electrify.
    — Anne Helen Petersen, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Petr Klima, who electrified Detroit Red Wings fans in the 1980s with his dazzling style, has died.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
  • Jag is looking to electrify its lineup by 2025, but there's plenty of life in this XF.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 7 June 2021
  • The big three have electrified those big sellers, but there’s one small problem with the plan: People aren’t buying in.
    — Steve Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Maryland officials said the state has agreed to electrify all MARC trains by the time the tunnel would open in as early as 2032.
    — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
  • But Garcia, Weir, and Welnick electrified the crowd — Deadheads and squares alike — with their a cappella performance.
    — Alex Scordelis, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Arquette shines as always and his chemistry with Daniella Pick Tarantino in this film is electrifying.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024

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