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Examples of machinery in a Sentence
Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire.
a piece of farm machinery
Something was clogging the machinery.
The United Nations has set up machinery for mediation.
Recent Examples on the Web
First, the dredging machinery broke several times and needed repairs, and then the site offshore Oceanside selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was producing more rocks and cobble than soft, fluffy sand.
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 23 Apr. 2024
These items can get tangled in machinery, cause hazards for workers and slow the recycling process down.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
Editors’ Picks Ukrainian troops similarly fought among the pipes and machinery in a giant ammonia factory in Sievierodonetsk before that city fell in the summer of 2022.
—Maria Varenikova Nicole Tung, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
The beam is a powerful piece of machinery, forced to compete with Sacramento’s overwhelming light pollution, among other atmospheric conditions like clouds and moonlight.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024
Remember, sleeping deeply every night helps curb cortisol levels, which helps your body get out of fat-storage mode while turning on your body’s fat-burning machinery.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
On the bridge About 150 longshoremen were at work on the dock beside the Dali shortly before the ship’s departure, using heavy machinery to hoist the last freight containers aboard around midnight as the crew prepared to get underway, according to union officials.
—William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
To make matters worse, any plastic film that gets into the line clogs the machinery, which means workers have to cut it out.
—Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Ann Scott Tyson/The Christian Science Monitor Factory workers operate machinery for Sungrow Power, a large Chinese producer of photovoltaic inverters and other key solar, wind, and other green energy equipment, in Hefei, Anhui province, March 27, 2024.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2024
Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 23 Apr. 2024
These items can get tangled in machinery, cause hazards for workers and slow the recycling process down.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
Editors’ Picks Ukrainian troops similarly fought among the pipes and machinery in a giant ammonia factory in Sievierodonetsk before that city fell in the summer of 2022.
—Maria Varenikova Nicole Tung, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
The beam is a powerful piece of machinery, forced to compete with Sacramento’s overwhelming light pollution, among other atmospheric conditions like clouds and moonlight.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024
Remember, sleeping deeply every night helps curb cortisol levels, which helps your body get out of fat-storage mode while turning on your body’s fat-burning machinery.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
On the bridge About 150 longshoremen were at work on the dock beside the Dali shortly before the ship’s departure, using heavy machinery to hoist the last freight containers aboard around midnight as the crew prepared to get underway, according to union officials.
—William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
To make matters worse, any plastic film that gets into the line clogs the machinery, which means workers have to cut it out.
—Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Ann Scott Tyson/The Christian Science Monitor Factory workers operate machinery for Sungrow Power, a large Chinese producer of photovoltaic inverters and other key solar, wind, and other green energy equipment, in Hefei, Anhui province, March 27, 2024.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinery. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
machinery
noun
ma·chin·ery
mə-ˈshēn-(ə-)rē 
plural machineries
1
: machines in general
2
: the working parts of a machine or instrument
3
: the organization or system by which something is done or carried on
machinery of government
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