Examples of pinhole in a Sentence
The water was leaking through a pinhole in the pipe.
pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it
Recent Examples on the Web
The film never clarifies what’s up with these guys or what led to this particular moment, but that’s par for the course with Civil War’s pinhole lens.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
How to make a pinhole projector to view the solar eclipse.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2024
Step 3, using your pinhole projector to look at a solar eclipse
To use your box pinhole projector, stand with your back to the sun, then hold the large square hole up to your eye and move the box around until sunlight enters the tiny hole in the aluminum foil.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 7 Apr. 2024
Step 2, making the pinhole projector Follow these instructions for creating your box pinhole projector.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
And tiny pinhole cameras would be installed by the perpetrators of this particular crime in places like changing rooms, in public bathrooms, um, in restaurants, in subway stations.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2023
The top of the remote also holds dedicated service buttons for Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, Tubi, YouTube, and a programmable shortcut, along with a pinhole microphone.
—PCMAG, 30 May 2024
Warby Parker provided a guide on how to DIY your own pinhole projector, or check out NASA's video tutorial.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
As light filters through the overlapping leaves of trees, these natural pinholes will project miniature eclipse replicas on the ground.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
How to make a pinhole projector to view the solar eclipse.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2024
Step 3, using your pinhole projector to look at a solar eclipse
To use your box pinhole projector, stand with your back to the sun, then hold the large square hole up to your eye and move the box around until sunlight enters the tiny hole in the aluminum foil.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 7 Apr. 2024
Step 2, making the pinhole projector Follow these instructions for creating your box pinhole projector.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
And tiny pinhole cameras would be installed by the perpetrators of this particular crime in places like changing rooms, in public bathrooms, um, in restaurants, in subway stations.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2023
The top of the remote also holds dedicated service buttons for Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, Tubi, YouTube, and a programmable shortcut, along with a pinhole microphone.
—PCMAG, 30 May 2024
Warby Parker provided a guide on how to DIY your own pinhole projector, or check out NASA's video tutorial.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
As light filters through the overlapping leaves of trees, these natural pinholes will project miniature eclipse replicas on the ground.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Pinhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinhole. Accessed 19 Jun. 2024.
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pinhole
noun
pin·hole
-ˌhōl 
: a very small hole made by or as if by a pin
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