How to Use axle in a Sentence

axle

noun
  • When the wheels had a chance to fully hop off the axles.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The Apex has a skewer here, which is used to clamp the axle in place.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Four-wheel drive locks the speeds of the front and rear axles together.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Align the splines on the inside of the wheel with the gear on the end of the drive axle and push the wheel onto the mower.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The pack's thin cells form the Lyriq's belly pan and span the area between the front and rear axles.
    Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023
  • This is the portion of the end of each rail car’s axle that rests on the assembly of the wheels.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The Eastside is the axle from which the rest of L.A.’s Latino power wheel springs.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The train’s first axle came off the track south of the airport station’s Metro platform.
    Justin George, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • And a middle axle is added to create a true six-wheel drive.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Rear trailing arms connect the rear axle to the chassis.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • It will be powered by a 6.2-liter small block V-8 in the rear and an electric motor on the front axle.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The mill is mated to a six-speed manual that sends power to the rear axle.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
  • This last can act as either a starter motor or add power to the rear axle.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The trailer ended up needing a new tire and axle, which Beisel paid for herself.
    Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The front motor connects to its axle by a single-speed direct drive unit.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2022
  • An axle started to wobble on the youth movement before the game started.
    Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2022
  • At the scene, firefighters found a woman trapped under the front axle of a CT Transit bus.
    Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2022
  • The truck also uses its air suspension to reduce the weight load on this axle at speed.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Deck Width Riding lawn mowers have a steel frame called a mower deck, that sits between the axles near the ground and holds the mower blades.
    Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Dealers will inspect the left rear axle shaft date code and replace the axle shaft as necessary, free of charge.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • These aluminum alloy pedals have a steel axle and eight pins on each side.
    Maggie Slepian, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2022
  • The problem stems from the fractures in the rear axle mounting bolt, which can result in the drive shaft disconnecting.
    Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023
  • The Blue Line train started weaving, and the first axle on the wheel assembly came off the track south of the airport station’s Metro platform.
    Justin George, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Each of the three axles on Super Truck II needs slightly different tires.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Corsa mode serves up the full 1,000-plus bhp, the e-axle primed for maximum torque vectoring and all-wheel drive.
    WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
  • It’s mated to an eight-speed automatic gearbox that sends power to the rear axle, just like on the coupe.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2022
  • All-wheel-drive models cost $1,400 more and have an electric rear axle that’s not connected to the engine.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Power from the main battery is sent to an electric motor on the rear axle that drives the rear wheels through a single-speed gearbox.
    Michael Harley, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • To do that, they have been equipped with independent wheel pairs without an axle in between the two sides of the bogie.
    Ben Jones, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
  • According to the outlet, a front axle and two tires then separated from the rest of the car and ended up in front of Mackie’s.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023

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