How to Use torque in a Sentence

torque

1 of 2 noun

• The appeal is torque, rhythm and its sweet shove.
  — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• But still, 495 pound-feet of torque, that’s stout.
  — Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026
• EVs don’t always have the torque at that speed.
  — Joel Feder, The Drive, 12 Mar. 2026
• Zero torque aims to correct all of that.
  — Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026
• The front left tire needs another zap from the torque gun.
  — Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• On dirt, torque matters more than peak power.
  — New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2026
• When that link is stiff, the rest of the chain must twist, tilt or torque to make up for it.
  — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
• There’s plenty of instant torque on tap.
  — Utkarsh Sood june 27, New Atlas, 27 June 2026
• Twisting is torque, torque is bad, and now there is anti-torque, which is great.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
• Audi has always been a leader in torque tech.
  — New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026
• There’s no practical way a wrench can be used to produce that torque.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• This model accounted for forces such as lift, drag, and torque.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
• Plant your foot and the car gently feeds in torque rather than overwhelming the front tyres.
  — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• The mill is said to make 1,100 hp and 850 ft lbs of torque.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2026
• The pair combines to kick out up to 80 hp and 673 ft lbs of torque.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
• There is no surge in the T/A's torque curve to tell you the booster's just been lit.
  — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
• That huge torque figure should help the X-47 make light work of overtakes.
  — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
• It’s paired with a four-speed manual gearbox that offers good low-rpm torque.
  — New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2026
• Norris’ steering wheel could have been turned slightly, putting the torque gun at an angle.
  — Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Each delivers 198 pound-feet of torque.
  — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
• Here, the torque of the Kia’s electric motors tapers, and that’s for the best.
  — Daniel Golson, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
• Then they’re bolted on with just enough torque to flex and hold fast, even in the most severe turbulence.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• That was a product of going to a zero-torque putter, and trusting his first read.
  — ABC News, 7 May 2026
• That keeps it smooth at any speed without sacrificing the torque needed to winch on big fish.
  — Pete Robbins, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• Strain on rotor shaft The torque meter measures the strain on the rotor shaft.
  — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
• The torque of it points to the intensity of his obsession.
  — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
• The low-end torque delivery makes the truck feel smoother and less frantic than the gas V8s.
  — New Atlas, 27 May 2026
• The electric motor lives on one side of the axle and applies torque to a powered sun gear at the other side.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
• With its power and torque figures, that should amount to a positively thrilling ride.
  — New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2025
• And, that torque number is still unmatched by modern light-duty diesel engines.
  — Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026

torque

2 of 2 verb

• Tork torques his torque Of course, not all the stats for the Tigers are bad.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
• Headrests flew away, and frames were torqued on two seats, Homendy said.
  — Gisele Lamarre, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
• How will Ava, a bad boss and a Black woman, torque the antihero trope?
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
• Likewise, being too heavy-handed or trying to torque the screw too quickly can have the same effect.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
• Likewise, being too heavy-handed or trying to torque the screw too quickly can have the same effect.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
• Hood-Banks would take familiar lines and torque them to her argument’s advantage.
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2020
• Yeah, these wheel guns are a cut above your average impact wrench that your local mechanic uses to torque your wheel lugs within an inch of their life.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023
• He is rugged in the run game and offers the body fluidity and explosive power to torque and displace defenders.
  — Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
• Dabiri says there is reason to expect the opposite, since wakes often hit rotors unevenly, torquing their components.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
• Dabiri says there is reason to expect the opposite, since wakes often hit rotors unevenly, torquing their components.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
• Hubble uses spinning reaction wheels to torque the spacecraft in large movements from one direction to another.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
• The sculptures, rather than resisting the opulent glamour of their original luxury retail settings, torqued it in a macabre direction.
  — Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
• High-mix, low-volume tasks – such as loading fixtures, torquing brackets, or handling fragile components – become feasible without human oversight at every step.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
• For example, these systems check paint coatings for microscopic air bubbles or uneven textures that could lead to rust and verify that all bolts are in place and torqued correctly before a car leaves the production line.
  — Cory McNeley, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
• The movement is largely conventional (lots of traditional ballet tricks for the men), but there is also a distinctive twisting, a wind-up torquing through the spine and torso, which the dancers ingeniously unravel.
  — Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• Its odd flight path is caused by the competing gravitational pulls of the Earth and the sun, which continually bend and torque the moonlet’s motions, preventing it from achieving a more conventional orbit.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2021
• But an alternative is that Mimas' rocky core is oddly shaped, creating an opportunity for the gravitational pull of Saturn and the other moons to torque it somewhat differently each orbit.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
• But the Mercedes one-ups the Rivian by integrating a low-range gear reduction—a staple for any hardcore 4x4—that multiplies torque for rock crawling, dune bashing or other lower-speed situations.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2024