engine
noun
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
engineless
-
a word derived from
engine.
Example Sentences
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The ocean’s rise-and-fall against the boat, the stillness of the creeks once they’d left the ocean and ventured into its streams, running engineless, paddling to save fuel.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023
As you sit down in an engineless pod the size of a bus, your seat remembers you and adjusts the entertainment settings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2015
The engineless aircraft landed in silence, the only sound the hum of a nearby helicopter.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2015
These days, he leads a small crew fixing up a Pratt-Read PR-G1 Glider, a light, engineless aircraft that seats two.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2014
The train was at this time engineless, but presently a railway "flier," painted a glowing vermilion, slid modestly down and took its place at the head.
From Men, Women, and Boats by Stephen Crane
