BATTERY in a Sentence

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92 example sentences for BATTERY, such as:

1. The lighter works off the car battery.
2. He promised to charge up my car battery.
3. We give a battery of tests to each patient.
4. Our bus won't start because the battery is flat.
5. He delivered the order and did not leave the battery.

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 Meanings and Examples of BATTERY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
battery
 n.  beating or pounding; set of guns or heavy artillery; dry cell that produces electric current
Classic Sentence: (76 in 6 pages)
1  On the opposite side the enemy could be seen by the naked eye, and from their battery a milk-white cloud arose.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
2  "That's our battery," said the staff officer indicating the highest point.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XV
3  Having ridden round the whole line from right flank to left, Prince Andrew made his way up to the battery from which the staff officer had told him the whole field could be seen.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
4  It was true that a view over nearly the whole Russian position and the greater part of the enemy's opened out from this battery.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
5  To the left from that village, amid the smoke, was something resembling a battery, but it was impossible to see it clearly with the naked eye.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
6  In the center, where Tushin's battery stood and from which Prince Andrew was surveying the position, was the easiest and most direct descent and ascent to the brook separating us from Schon Grabern.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
7  Mounting his horse again Prince Andrew lingered with the battery, looking at the puff from the gun that had sent the ball.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
8  His eyes ran rapidly over the wide space, but he only saw that the hitherto motionless masses of the French now swayed and that there really was a battery to their left.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
9  However, he put his horse to a trot in the direction of Tushin's battery.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
10  By this time they were all approaching Tushin's battery, and a ball struck the ground in front of them.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
11  They had reached the battery at which Prince Andrew had been when he examined the battlefield.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
12  About Tushin and the battalion that had been in support of his battery all was forgotten.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
13  In the center Tushin's forgotten battery, which had managed to set fire to the Schon Grabern village, delayed the French advance.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
14  The horses were replaced by others from a reserve gun carriage, the wounded were carried away, and the four guns were turned against the ten-gun battery.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XX
15  He delivered the order and did not leave the battery.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XX
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  Our bus won't start because the battery is flat.
2  He promised to charge up my car battery.
3  The lighter works off the car battery.
4  Our bus won't start because the battery is out of order.
5  We give a battery of tests to each patient.
6  He can logically infer that if the battery is dead then the horn will not sound.
7  I'm hoping the battery is just dead and that a quick charge will solve everything.
8  It might have seemed to him a waste of ammunition to kill a bug with a battery of artillery.
9  You love your BlackBerry smart phone for its reliable push email, intuitive interface and long-lasting battery.
10  You can keep a spare rechargeable battery; if you are out and can't recharge, it will let you work double hours.
11  We are here to understand why the 787 experienced unexpected battery failures following a design program led by one of the world's leading manufacturers and a certification process that is well respected throughout the international aviation community.
12  The main generator is still down but the backup and batteries are holding out.
13  The purchase price of a plug-in hybrid is expected to be considerably higher than for a conventional diesel car since the batteries are still expensive.
14  For the electric automobile, light and efficient storage batteries is the source of the kinetic energy to propel the vehicle.
15  Some kinds of batteries can be recharged by connecting them to a source of direct current.