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
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One day while driving, my vision began to shrink, like the end of a movie when the camera reduces to a pinhole.
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Lisa K. Friedman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Locate the reset button (usually a small pinhole on the back).
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
The system revives the centuries-old concept of pinhole imaging.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Aceclidine, a pupil-selective miotic, works without significantly stimulating the focusing (ciliary) muscle, creating a pinhole effect – which improves near vision without adverse outcomes seen in Vuity.
—New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2025
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Lisa K. Friedman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Locate the reset button (usually a small pinhole on the back).
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
The system revives the centuries-old concept of pinhole imaging.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Aceclidine, a pupil-selective miotic, works without significantly stimulating the focusing (ciliary) muscle, creating a pinhole effect – which improves near vision without adverse outcomes seen in Vuity.
—New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pinhole
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“Pinhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinhole. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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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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