Example Sentences

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But trains continued to run by switching from electric power to steam-engine power, which had been readied as a backup.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2022

When the mine was in use, this shaft contained a pipe and miners employed steam-engine power to pump water out of the tunnels.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2018

Mr. Wendel is a tenor saxophonist of cool, even tone and steam-engine momentum.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2018

Here, that’s all gone, with loads of original digital texture in its place — repetitive steam-engine tones, electronic pops and hisses, watery chimes.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2010

During these years he engaged in a number of different steam-engine experiments, the high point of which was the construction of a steam-powered carriage which ran around the floor of his parlour.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton