"engine" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- With the canopy closed and the engine throttled back to cruise, conversation was possible.
- Once she had reached the programmed altitude, the engines throttled back and were almost silent, minute use of the thrusters keeping her on course.
- She's just landed on the water of the Sound-she's lost way, and they're turning her in to the beach with the engine throttled right down.
- Hickman felt the engines throttle up and the plane gain speed.
- The engines throttled back, the wings slid forward.
- The engines of the craft throttled and hummed.
- A boat's engine, throttled back and purring softly, somewhere beyond the headland to the east.
- Haunted by that mental image, he kept the engine throttled back to just five miles per hour.
- Quietly, with her engine throttled down, the motorboat drew abreast of the larger vessel.
- Jan found that he was holding his breath as the engine throttled back and they dropped.
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