"engine" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- So some old engines, like old military men, do not fade away.
- Cody came down on the starter a second time; the engine backfired, caught and faded, fired up again with a throaty growl.
- Then the bike's engine faded to a drone that melted away to nothing.
- Its engine roared and faded, then whined and fell silent.
- Back across the lake--that boat's engine had faded and faded.
- Soon the car's engine faded to nothingness.
- Then the engines came back to idle and faded into the background noise.
- The plane's engine faded and was replaced by the zings and pops of small-arms fire in the valley.
- The woman waited until the puttering engine had faded.
- The engines of two cars came to life, then slowly faded out of earshot down the road.
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