Example Sentences

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Oil companies have been electrifying their operations lately, in part because electricity is seen as a more efficient power source than fuels like diesel.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

In fact, several forces that were at work when Nuguse and Ingebrigtsen raced have been electrifying all of middle-distance running.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2025

It had to have been electrifying to be an avid horror aficionado in 1973 and encounter the short story “The Boogeyman” by a fright-foisting upstart named Stephen King.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

But those bursts have been electrifying, and they have been enough to open an unbridgeable chasm between the sides.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2013

The speech might have been electrifying close up, Mr. Conley said, but people near him drifted away before it finished.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2013