How to Use wind turbine in a Sentence

wind turbine

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Definition of wind turbinenext
  • The first wind turbine in the U.S. was installed 44 years ago.
    — L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Melted sections of the wind turbine fell to the ground.
    — Mike Carter, The Seattle Times, 22 July 2019
  • The average lifespan of a wind turbine can be up to 20 years.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 23 June 2023
  • The wind turbine judders to life with a boom that echoes down its central shaft.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022
  • Watch as builders dig, frame, and fill the foundation for a 250-foot wind turbine.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2020
  • And to a whirling, beautiful shot of a wind turbine that’s capped off by a dead bird falling from the sky.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Workers erect four wind turbines, then the ship returns to shore for more parts.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
  • The solar panels and wind turbine on Eleventh Street came down.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2021
  • That is not how wind turbines, which can store power, work.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The electric car is ready to go, charged by the solar panels or wind turbine on your roof.
    — Patrick Lucas Austin, Time, 25 July 2019
  • But the deep waters off the West Coast will require wind turbines that can float, rather than be attached to the sea floor.
    — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 18 July 2019
  • The largest wind turbine tower Jackson works on is about 344 feet high.
    — Morgan Smith, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The largest wind turbine tower Jackson works on is about 344 feet high.
    — Morgan Smith,mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Last year, the wind turbine price in China dropped almost 40%.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 30 June 2021
  • There is, however, a small wind turbine that can be used to charge a phone or laptop, the email read.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The engineers have dropped the price of a solar panel or a wind turbine 90 percent in the last decade.
    — CBS News, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The 300-foot-tall wind turbine is a rare sight in a state best known for its long and rich history in coal mining.
    — Hunter Holcombe, CBS News, 10 May 2019
  • All this for a movie starring Tom Hardy as a steroidal big toe who sounds like a James Mason wind turbine.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Hundreds of thousands of birds are killed each year by wind turbines across the United States.
    — Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 July 2024
  • The procedure then takes about 90 minutes to de-ice a wind turbine.
    — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Fans will wear wind turbines on their heads that can turn on small lights attached to their helmets.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 7 June 2019
  • Down the road, the sprawling landfill bustles and a dozen wind turbines spin gently on the horizon.
    — Chris Martin, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2020
  • In addition to the solar panels, the Clearys also have two low-speed wind turbines on the roof.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
  • That means building lots of wind turbines and solar panels, and fast.
    — SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2019
  • California will be the first region in the U.S. to use floating wind turbines.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • For his home, Tan designed a large, overhanging roof and placed wind turbines on top to draw more hot air out, and cool air in.
    — John Defterios, CNN, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Here, Amano can direct winds of up to 60 miles per hour at small wind turbine prototypes.
    — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2021
  • Some rail cargo is too large to easily load onto a truck, such as the huge blades used to build wind turbines.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2019
  • Now consider how big the problem could be across Europe and China, which have the world's largest wind turbines.
    — New Atlas, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Analysts are skeptical that Trump can completely ban new wind turbines.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025

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