How to Use watt in a Sentence

watt

noun
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  • The old type of hot air hand dryer was at least 3,000 watts and takes a long time.
    — Lauren Goode, Wired, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The joule is the watt-second, in contrast to the watt-hour or kilowatt-hour.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The panels provide as much as 700 watts on a clear day.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 27 Nov. 2018
  • The man with the big guns and the million-watt smile has come a long way from his days as wrestling superstar The Rock.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 2 Apr. 2018
  • This new embrace of high-watt hues is hardly a male thing.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Note that a load of less than 30 watts won’t register on the display.
    — Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2020
  • And the MagSafe puck inside it charges an iPhone almost as fast, at 14 watts, as the standalone version of the puck.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
  • These take up space, so Razer had to trim the battery size from the 80 watt-hours of the top models, 65 watt hours in the base model.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 10 Oct. 2018
  • For heavier use, look for a microwave with at least 1,000 watts of power.
    — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
  • If the energy is measured in joules and time in seconds, then the power would be in units of watts.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 4 May 2024
  • To ring in her 22nd, Bella Hadid pushed things to the limit by piling on heaps of mega-watt gems.
    — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2018
  • The garden’s 30 watt LED grow lights mimics sunlight and helps the plants grow quickly.
    — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That will reduce global prices 35 percent, to 24 cents a watt by yearend.
    — Chris Martin, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2018
  • Keep in Mind At a maximum of 2400 watts, this machine isn’t as high-powered as some of the others on the list.
    — Laura Denby, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Back then, the cost of buying a one-watt solar panel was $77; today the cost has fallen to 30 cents.
    — Nathanael Johnson, WIRED, 9 July 2018
  • At the same time, there's a new Green 500 list, which measures machines in terms of performance per watt.
    — Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 2 June 2022
  • Barnard stepped back and ordered electrodes placed on each side of the heart and the current (25 watt-seconds) applied.
    — Lily Rothman, Time, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The global price has plunged to 14 cents a watt, down 37 percent since January.
    — Jonathan Weisman Christian Monterrosa, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The large-capacity battery pack (240 watt-hours) does take a while to charge.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2020
  • All month long, the HSO plants itself outdoors, enlists some hi-watt stars and beams sound waves into the night air.
    — Michael Hamad, courant.com, 28 June 2018
  • Then, add gold to the center for a high-watt highlight and copper through the crease and along the lower lash line for depth and dimension.
    — Amber Kallor, Marie Claire, 16 Nov. 2017
  • To calculate watt hours, multiply the volts (V) by the ampere hours (Ah).
    — Jill Schildhouse, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Bueno, doñita, Mario hesitates, flashing her a mega-watt smile—too bad about the teeth.
    — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The fittest women could do 120 watts or more, which is what people put out at the start of a normal workout, Baker said.
    — NBC News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Many were bedecked in Boucheron’s high watt wares that dazzled in the light of over a thousand candles light for the occasion.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2019
  • The royal sported the same mega-watt smile and shorter locks, styled with her signature blowout (no messy buns for Kate!).
    — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • This means that, instead of the watts system, the quality of light emitted by these new bulbs is measured in Kelvins.
    — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • This equation gives you a value in watts, but that’s easy to convert to other units like calories per hour.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 6 June 2018
  • At a minimum, look for 250 watts to get you through light cake batters and liquids like whipping cream.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 17 June 2024
  • This Panasonic microwave works with 900 watts for fast, even heating.
    — Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024

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