How to Use horsepower in a Sentence

horsepower

noun
  • But the history of the Viper is more than just a tale of horsepower and speed.
    — Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 17 July 2024
  • This results in a ratio of 27 horsepower per ton, enough to drive it to a top speed of 42 miles per hour.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Birth, to be cradled where that horsepower meant to haul it.
    — Alfred Corn, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Still, the horsepower in its three-cylinder engine amounts to a tepid 76.
    — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • But the new 2022 BRZ does widen the horsepower gap between the two vehicles.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The back straight is also where Long likes to remind us that his car has 640 horsepower.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 1 July 2021
  • To run a stock car at Kansas again with limited horsepower and all the aero … no.
    — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2022
  • This nets you more horsepower and all-wheel drive, and nearly five grand in savings against the Germans.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021
  • And Nvidia—whose chips provide the AI horsepower for many of these giant projects—likewise earned a spot.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
  • This model was deemed stronger and lighter than the ones before with a 22 horsepower engine.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2022
  • For this build, the team began with a RAV4 plug-in hybrid that provides 302 horsepower.
    — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Kansas marks the final race of the season in which the rules package of 550 horsepower will be used this season.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The result is a reel with the finesse needed to land the smallest native, but with enough horsepower to tame the largest steelhead.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
  • After all, what's not to like about a blender that measures its output in horsepower?
    — Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2025
  • With its 500 horsepower, this vehicle is for leaving folks in your dust on race tracks and open roads.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This is all to say here's a boxer with a whole lotta horsepower—or pony-power, to be exact.
    — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The ability to govern large horsepower keeps the car from careening off the road.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020
  • In terms of power conversion, the motor makes just a tick over five horsepower.
    — William Roberson, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Tesla has yet to share horsepower and torque numbers for its future EV truck.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The horsepower that car produces -- 2,107! -- is mind-blowing.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2024
  • This kind of imaging horsepower is a first in the Snapdragon 7 series.
    — Marco Chiappetta, Forbes, 20 May 2022
  • The five-horsepower motor is capable of moving air at a rate of 140 cubic feet per minute — twice the flow rate of other shop vacs.
    — Good Housekeeping, 7 Feb. 2023
  • They’re based on the same chassis and make the same 320 horsepower, but while the Type R retains a hard edge, the Type S is better suited for daily duties.
    — Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2024
  • So the key to big gains in overall horsepower and battery life is assigning the right cores to various jobs.
    — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2022
  • From the start of April through the end of July, Binance suffered a dramatic downshift in horsepower.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The short 90-inch wheelbase truck came standard with a Falcon 85 horsepower in-line-six engine that was placed just behind the front axle.
    — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Each unit—with one per axle for all-wheel-drive Airs—generates a potent 650 horsepower.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023
  • There is no horsepower restriction at Lake Elmdale, but it’s a no-wake lake.
    — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Frankly, the massive improvements in battery tech, range (and looks) and another 80 horsepower make the xDrive40 look like a bargain.
    — Michael Taylor, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The bike can also be customized with a host of accessories like hard panniers and a racing exhaust for 11 more horsepower.
    — New Atlas, 14 Feb. 2025

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