cylinder

Example Sentences

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But once you've lost shoppers, it's very hard to win them back, especially when many of your rivals are firing on all cylinders, helped by price matching and loyalty schemes, in an intensely competitive market.

From BBC

“That’s the nightmare scenario — that those things just happen more frequently and become more exacerbated when the agency is not firing on all cylinders,” Inge said.

From MarketWatch

He’s holding up some sort of metallic cylinder.

From Literature

“ST’s results are improving cyclically, but not yet firing on all cylinders,” the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal

She directs me to one of three sleek white cylinders.

From Literature