How to Use activate in a Sentence

activate

verb

• Touch the screen to activate the system.
• The bomb was activated by remote control.
• The camera is activated by pushing a button.
• Sunlight activates a chemical reaction in the plant's leaves.
• The President has activated the reserves.
• The hand levers activate the front drum brakes and the single rear disc brake.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 26 May 2022
• Clicking on any of the links on this page will activate the offer(s) of your choice.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
• The heat from the rollers will activate this mousse and give the look a stronger memory.
  — ELLE, 17 Mar. 2022
• How does that not activate a kind of delight at the back of the cortex?
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022
• The kitchen tool can hold 1.7 liters of liquid and is activated with the push of a button.
  — Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2023
• The agency plans to deploy de-icer trains and activate heaters to clear track of snow and ice.
  — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
• Wolff then heads to the race track up to six hours before the starting lights activate.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
• The roach’s brain is still needed to activate its muscles and get the cockroach to move.
  — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Ars Technica, 14 Oct. 2022
• The arms move, the head rotates, and a button on the back of the figure activates the ferocious chomp.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 7 Nov. 2023
• The missile would fly to the target zone then activate its own seeker to home in on a ship.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• The Tigers will activate him before Sunday's game and need to clear a spot on the 26-man roster.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
• The Titans could just wait to activate him for the playoffs, giving him more time to rest.
  — Ben Arthur, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2022
• At 10 points along the track, songs, phrases, or sounds are activated when the train rolls over them.
  — Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 21 Apr. 2024
• Aaron Civale is the only veteran starter still activate and he’s been on the IL four times in the last two years.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 July 2023
• But that wouldn’t fly with our Idea House team, who wanted to activate every square inch of the home.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2024
• The Dodgers now have until Jan. 6 to activate Bauer or release him.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• When those drills had activated on the day of the blast, one of their motors had created a spark.
  — Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
• Once the tenth house is activated, Harris will be in the spotlight.
  — Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 24 July 2024
• The cards had their codes scratched off, meaning that if someone had bought and activated one, the amount would have gone to the account of the suspects.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• Here’s how to secure your bonus and set up your account: Click ---> here <--- to activate the $150 bonus offer.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2022
• Press into the ground to activate shoulder and chest muscles, engage core, and lift knees about 1 inch off the ground.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 18 May 2023
• That, in turn, activates a protein called PAR1, which is located on nerve cells in the skin.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
• Pair them with a vintage graphic tee and a pair of fresh kicks and simp mode will be activated.
  — Yoora Kim, Seventeen, 28 Mar. 2023
• Simply attach it to a car seat or stroller, so little hands can pull on it to activate the Purple Monkey Song.
  — Pamela Brill, Parents, 22 May 2025
• On weekday mornings, when pedestrians would activate the signal during rush hour, roughly 10 cars would usually be backed up down a side street.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025