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Use "electric current" in a sentence
"In the base of the tube — which was filled with explosive — was a thin iridio-platinum wire, and when the Director Layer pressed the trigger an electric current would flow across and fuse it, firing the explosive which would in turn explode the cordite charge."
"In addition, Hoxa Sound, which he had been told was unguarded, was defended by hydrophones, which picked up the sound of approaching ships; by seabed cables, which caused a galvanometer needle to flick when an electric current was induced by the magnetic field of a crossing vessel; and by mines, which could be detonated electrically from the shore."
"The jury recommended death, and Judge Sylvester Close agreed, offering these chilling words to Yates: “An electric current will be sent through your body until you are determined to be dead.”"