ELECTRIFY in a Sentence

Learn ELECTRIFY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for ELECTRIFY, such as:

1. Gurth started up as if electrified.
2. The national railways have now been electrified.
3. The national railway system has nearly all been electrified.
4. He was not the less intoxicated with joy, electrified by love.
5. She was first transfixed with surprise, and then electrified with delight.

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 Meanings and Examples of ELECTRIFY
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electrify
 v.  excite suddenly and intensely; charge a conductor with electricity; equip for use with electricity
Classic Sentence:
1  This spirited burst from Beth electrified the club, and Jo left her seat to shake hands approvingly.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TEN
2  She was first transfixed with surprise, and then electrified with delight.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
3  CLOSE upon the hour of noon the whole village was suddenly electrified with the ghastly news.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  'Mrs. Chillip,' he proceeded, in the calmest and slowest manner, 'quite electrified me, by pointing out that Mr. Murdstone sets up an image of himself, and calls it the Divine Nature.'
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 59. RETURN
5  Gurth started up as if electrified.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  He was not the less intoxicated with joy, electrified by love.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 36 DREAM OF VENGEANCE
7  It electrified the audience, and the response was as if it had come from the throat of a whirlwind.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
Example Sentence:
1  The national railways have now been electrified.
2  The national railway system has nearly all been electrified.