How to Use flywheel in a Sentence

flywheel

noun
Definition of flywheelnext
  • The bike has a 49-pound chrome flywheel and it’s made from a steel frame.
    — Zoe Malin, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Once parts of the flywheel stop turning, the whole thing seizes up.
    — NBC News, 15 May 2020
  • The stationary bike is made from a steel frame and equipped with a 36-pound flywheel in the front.
    — Ambar Pardilla, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • And of course, that turns the flywheel faster, and our odds for success increase.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2021
  • This here’s the flywheel that keeps the rpms running real smooth.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Aug. 2012
  • Lewis from Photodom explains how the flywheel works at his store.
    — Square Contributor, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Customers can find the name and model on a label near the flywheel and inside the front fork.
    — Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • These are the components that build the flywheel of scaling.
    — Patrick Frank, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Or rather, the crypto flywheel might just now be gaining speed.
    — Lihan (hyun Woo) Lee, Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • In turn, the flywheel helps to keep a steady pace beneath even erratic work.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2020
  • Then the Live Nation flywheel would truly be complete with the artist at the center.
    — Brandon Ross, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The flywheel of hope and angst that had driven the writing lost its momentum.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Pushing it to two-thirds fires up the flywheels and starts the minigun rotation.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Their job is to push the flywheel a little harder every day.
    — Brian Dumaine, Fortune, 18 May 2020
  • That can have a flywheel effect in convincing top stars to take on new projects.
    — Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Revs climb—and fall off—instantly, as if the 4.0-liter has a fidget spinner for a flywheel.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The Peloton name and model number can be found on the inside front fork, near the flywheel, the company said.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • The motor is about the size of a small pizza, and fits nicely into the bellhousing, the bit of the transmission that covers the flywheel and the clutch.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 10 June 2019
  • And this flywheel keeps spinning, getting messier over time.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • As a boat rolls, the angular momentum of the flywheel creates a reaction force that transmits through the mounts to the hull of the boat.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 June 2018
  • But at times of low-energy demand, that flywheel can be sped back up again.
    — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Combined with a single-mass flywheel, the new clutch reduces the weight of rotating mass in the car by roughly 23 pounds.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Between the two is a lightweight, single-mass flywheel.
    — Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 16 June 2017
  • But while the private sector can start the flywheel, the public sector can solve problems that even the best startups alone can’t fix.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 May 2024
  • When needed, the motors could draw power from the flywheel, deploying it in short bursts of up to 8 seconds.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The rider pull-starts the engine at the beginning of the day, and a magneto attached to the flywheel charges the capacitors.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2017
  • McCloskey's 1920 Rumely Oil Pull tractor has to be started with a large flywheel on its side.
    — Mitchell Kirk, Post-Tribune, 6 July 2018
  • These factors create a flywheel for both the VC firm and the startup that accepts their capital.
    — Suzanne Fletcher, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • The flywheel, coupled with wind, hydro and battery power, can handle even the biggest bump in demand from the crane, Scott said.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 May 2016
  • Live Nation has claimed that its flywheel is concert promotion, which has a lower margin.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 23 May 2024

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