rev
Example Sentences
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As if to prove her point, Auntie Nina’s engine revs loudly.
From Literature
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What only seems familiar: Powering out of a slow corner with the pedal pinned, the car pulling its guts out, stretching for the redline, revs quavering at the upshifts.
The little wagon retains the flat-four’s characteristic droning when it revs out, as when merging with highway traffic.
George revved the snowmobile and turned to find another way out of town.
From Literature
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Andre Harris is a pawn in a debate that has car buffs across Maryland revved up: What should qualify as a historic vehicle?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.