Sentence examples for as a engine from inspiring English sources

Interestingly, Microsoft isn't just suing Barnes & Noble, captain of the great ship Nook, but also Foxconn and Inventec, which comprise the engine room — and have as little to do with UI optimization as a engine stoker does with the captain's table (and with that, the nautical metaphor overstays its welcome).

His intelligence seemed as ceaseless as an engine working.

The shredder went off again, as loud as an engine.

"The payback as an engine supplier proved to be limited.

Think of the financial system as an engine.

Domestic consumption has joined exporting as an engine of growth.

Her heart thudded as violently as an engine stalling, but her hands were sure.

It is not a tuneup so much as an engine overhaul.

His is the only branch designed to serve as an engine of national advancement.

Over the years, blacks themselves had embraced them as an engine of upward mobility.

As an engine that drives fashion, film may have lost steam.