Example Sentences

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“They used to be building carburetors, but you won’t be doing that much anymore with electric vehicles, but we are going to have to build an awful lot of vehicle batteries,” he said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2022

He furthered his automotive education, as he rebuilt carburetors, performed tuneups and ran a dynamometer that measured the rear-wheel horsepower of customers’ cars.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

"From greasy carburetors to plants in the same space," Resnick observes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2018

These are very commonly used in carburetors and aspirators.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

He often prowled through junkyards touching old cars and buying old alternators and carburetors just for the joy of cleaning them up and making them work again.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech