Sentence examples for powers up from inspiring English sources

This is the moment when Africa switches on, powers up and goes for it".

He gets an AM amp and powers up, pulling in Houston, then Shreveport ("I'd found Louisiana").

It powers up extremely fast; you'll virtually never miss a water-park moment waiting for the camera to fire up.

When the EN-V powers up, the platform shifts its centre of mass back to the centre of the vehicle.

A thoughtful carryover is the glass rear window, which operates separately from the flying-buttressed roof and powers up from the deck to serve as a wind deflector.

Some thyratrons can handle up to 50 kilovolts, can switch thousands of amperes, and are capable of handling powers up to 40 megawatts.

4.59pm BST Nibali powers up to the 20% section and towards line for his second stage win of this year's Tour.

He directs me to a minecart and when I clamber aboard the vehicle powers up and takes me very quickly up a steep incline along the mountainside.

The £350 QV-R40, which goes on sale in the UK next month, apparently powers up in less than one second.

REYNOLDS POWERS UP Since April, Arizona third baseman Mark Reynolds has been hearing about how hard it is to hit a home run at Citi Field.

Power-ups come in six categories: speed (makes you faster), jump (allows you to jump higher), attack (powers up your physical attacks), special (powers up your special attacks), arms (powers up projectiles, item attacks, healing effects of items, and throws), and defense (gives you more resistance to knockback).