Bob opened the throttle a little, and the boat picked up speed, her sharp bows cutting through the water in fine style, with a slow rise and fall as they went further from shore and began to feel the ocean swell.
His friend did as directed, and Buck juggled the spark and throttle controls until his craft attained a speed that would have been sufficient to have left the average cruising motor boat far in the rear.
But Bob opened the throttle of the Sea Bird a little, and their boat surged forward, apparently without an effort, until they were again abreast of the Looker coterie.
Agias longed to spring forth and throttle him, but such an act would have been folly.
Some little credit tothrottle them," was his answer; and Demetrius plunged on.
The driver advanced the hand throttle the full sweep of the quadrant, steered with his knees, and produced the "makings.
Twice he tried to reach the throttle and drew back in time to escape the descending bar.
He flew towards thethrottle but could not reach it safely.
The engine was going very fast, when, turning a curve, Griscom uttered a shout and turned the throttle swiftly.
The young fireman was amazed and fairly terrified at his movements, for Lyle began raining blows on lever, throttle and everything in the way of machinery inside of the cab.
He'd load up half a ton of dynamite on an enjine cowcatcher an' turn her loose with the throttle wide open jest where she'd catch a troop-train in a blind cut.
With invisible hands they reached out to throttle his resolution.
When, moreover, after firing a few warning shots along the length of the train, Jake and Bull climbed aboard he opened wide the throttle and sent the mogul spinning northward.
After he had closed the throttle and thrown on the brakes the engineer's eye had gone to the cab door.
Skeggi answers, "Too far off is Audun now to throttle thee as at that ball-play.
With a last desperate movement, Hal opened the throttle of his engine.
The bigger of the two being uppermost--his right arm swinging loose--made a desperate effort tothrottle the boy with his left hand.
Thou didst throttle me without mercy, didst treat me as the wolf did the lamb; but there is in thee something which pleases me,--I have for thee a kind of weakness.
Halting again on the street, he felt that he must throttle that thought in himself, or go mad from it.
Salim was shoving the throttle levers forward as he banked.
Using his right thumb, he toggled the weapons selector on the side of the throttle quadrant down from SP/PH, past SW, and into the setting marked GUNS.
It did not mean they would veer off course, but they might throttle her down a few notches, just to be neighborly.
Open the throttle until the engine is running at a good speed and then hold down the two outside vibrators.
To stop the motor, open the throttle a trifle to accelerate the motor and then throw off the switch.
With the spark and throttle levers in the proper position, and the ignition switch turned on, press on the push button with the foot.
The throttle should usually be opened about five or six notches.
If the motor chokes and stops when throttle is fully retarded the adjusting screw should be screwed in until it strikes the boss, preventing the throttle from closing too far.
If the engine runs too fast with throttle fully retarded unscrew the carburetorthrottle lever adjusting screw until the engine idles at suitable speed.
By opening the valve needle half a turn and giving the throttle lever two or three quick pulls the dirt or sediment will often be drawn through, when the needle may be turned back to its original place.
The usual method of regulating the carburetor is to start the motor, advancing the throttle lever to about the sixth notch, with the spark retarded to about the fourth notch.
If Engine runs too fast or chokes with throttle retarded--what?
If the car is equipped with a starter the spark and throttlelevers should be placed in the same position on the quadrant as when cranking by hand, and the ignition switch turned on.
The throttle is set full at the outset and forgotten till you descend.
Instead of cutting off the ignition--we found out later that the wire connecting the throttle and the carburetor was broken and that the throttle was therefore turned on full--the pilot lost his head.
He must always assume this pious grief which made me long to throttle him.
You've got to keep your hand on the throttle in the convention, you understand.
It seems that he ignored the ladder and literally fell down the hatch, dislocating his shoulder but getting the throttle wide open within five seconds!
Then, opening the throttle wide, the girl sent her plane straight before the storm.
They left immediately, closing the door silently after them, and sought the beach, soon coming to a watchman fast asleep, with Dick standing by, ready to throttle him if he stirred.
You have had experience, and are seasoned to all climates and all kind of hardships, and you may have to throttle somebody.
It was going pretty good when I discovered the throttle wire had broken and the throttle insisted on remaining wide open.
I had an insane desire to spring at his throat and throttle his infamous bravado, tumble him overboard and annihilate the last vestige of his existence.
He opened thethrottle wide, and we touched thirty-five miles.
Mercifully there was a lane on the left, and I seized the wheel and wrenched it round, at the same time opening the throttle as wide as I dared.
I opened thethrottle wide, and we raced for the closing gap.
By and by he rather doubtfully opened the throttleto its widest.
But why didn't you stick to the throttleand send your fireman?
Reaching forward, Dick opened the throttle valve to its limit, and then sat grim and still while the throb of the screw shook the trembling hull.
I had my hand on the throttle when I got the order to go ahead, and let her make a stroke or two, reckoning the guard-rail would snub up the car.
The latter consists of a throttle valve, twelve inches in diameter, and an eduction valve eighteen inches in diameter, the maneuvering of which is done by means of rods extending down to a platform upon which the engineman stands.
His competitors stood, on that morning, as honorably pledged to throttle it, if it again appeared, should either of them be elected, as he did.
Lizzie's throttle seemed to close its eyes with a snap.
Lizzie's throttle jumped open unexpectedly and away we sailed through the breeze.
But if a' do, you'll only beat and throttleme to death, Sir Thomas.
The least that Lord Curzon was charged with was a deliberate attempt to throttle higher education in India.
If Nature had given me a third hand, I should have used it to throttle the Englishman.
But if you mention them to me again I shall throttle you where you stand.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "throttle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
