Examples of “machinery” in a Sentence

noun Machines considered together, especially the equipment used in a factory or industry.

• Heavy machinery rumbled across the building site from early morning until dusk.
• Workers must wear ear protection whenever the machinery in the workshop is running.
• The plant invested heavily in new machinery to increase output.

noun The system of parts or processes that make something work.

• The machinery of the court can be slow, but it usually reaches a fair decision.
• Nobody could explain the machinery behind the company's strange approval process.
• Few people understand the machinery of government behind a single new law.