Sentence examples for race the engine from inspiring English sources
As one of her characters shouts, "i will raise my voice / & scream & holler / & break things & race the engine / & tell all yr secrets bout yrself to yr face".
(The proper technique is to hold the brake down, race the engine until the car is bucking and straining, then dump the brake and floor the gas pedal).
For this race the engine's rating was increased by 400 hp to 2300 hp.
Do not race the engine, but do rev the engine a little above idle for 30 to 60 seconds.
This group thinks that, in the sprawling new media market, ABC needs to race the engines and explore hip new ways to draw young viewers, not slow down for outdated, stolid rules.
He raced the engine a little.
In the days of surfer rock and street racing, the engine was so famous there was no need to identify the car.
At noon, they put down their tools, and Dick, racing the engine, listening to the consistent hum, was satisfied that a thorough job had been done.
I still recall with trembling those loud, nocturnal crises when you drew up to a signpost and raced the engine so the lights would be bright enough to read destinations by.
