cylinder

Example Sentences

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Few breakfasts and refreshment breaks didn’t include someone squeezing a cylinder of icy concentrate into a pitcher, adding water and stirring until it became a drinkable delight.

From Salon

Still, that new spending target, even for a company that has been firing on all cylinders lately, takes one’s breath away.

From The Wall Street Journal

The only thing in it was a small table that held a rusty two-burner gas cooker plate with a small gas cylinder attached.

From Literature

Their 1940 Fords had 200,000 miles on them and holes in the floorboard so they could pour fluid into the master cylinders.

From Los Angeles Times

The economy can’t fire on all cylinders unless manufacturers are participating.

From MarketWatch