spool

Example Sentences

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Last year, the MGU-H - the motor generator unit on the turbo shaft - was used to spool up the turbo to aid performance in a number of ways, including at the starts.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

In the seesawing tedium of daily traffic, slow and fast, the e-motor silently and seamlessly supports the big V8 in those few hundred milliseconds it takes to spool up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

She points out the spool of paper tickets in the box office, now coiling on the floor and ready to be counted.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

She hit the buzzer at the first high chain-link fence, which was garlanded with a spool of razor wire atop.

From Slate • May 2, 2025

Granny’s shop had once been a tidy place, where each ball of yarn and spool of thread had its spot in the cubbyholes that lined the walls.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau