Examples of tensile in a Sentence
the tensile strength of steel cable
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These blades can withstand the high tensile force that the frame applies to the blade.
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Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
Her voice, agile and tensile, is the thing that propelled her from a career as a kid on Broadway (in Les Miz and Ragtime) to Spring Awakening and Glee.
—Vulture, 2 Oct. 2022
The architect designed one that was supported by tensile forces, a structural building technique Piano has used throughout his career, most notably in his design for the Pompidou Center and the Columbus Exposition in Genoa.
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 7 June 2022
Fullertubes also have a range of optical and tensile properties that the researchers are still exploring.
—James R. Riordon, Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
There, hostile giant insects swarm about, and hungry, tensile vines are forever threatening to drag outsiders beneath the otherwise barren surface.
—Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022
The finished car sits on a Lotus architecture which is more advanced than the underpinnings of any of its cousins, one that incorporates a new aluminum and high tensile steel structure and an 800-volt battery pack.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 29 Mar. 2022
In Litchfield, the generally boxy and horizontal design schemes employed the same light, tensile quality of the architect's white structures in Europe.
—Troy McMullen, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2021
The unit itself features a large 42 inch HD touchscreen and a high tensile aluminum frame.
—Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-Cpt, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2021
Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
Her voice, agile and tensile, is the thing that propelled her from a career as a kid on Broadway (in Les Miz and Ragtime) to Spring Awakening and Glee.
—Vulture, 2 Oct. 2022
The architect designed one that was supported by tensile forces, a structural building technique Piano has used throughout his career, most notably in his design for the Pompidou Center and the Columbus Exposition in Genoa.
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 7 June 2022
Fullertubes also have a range of optical and tensile properties that the researchers are still exploring.
—James R. Riordon, Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
There, hostile giant insects swarm about, and hungry, tensile vines are forever threatening to drag outsiders beneath the otherwise barren surface.
—Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022
The finished car sits on a Lotus architecture which is more advanced than the underpinnings of any of its cousins, one that incorporates a new aluminum and high tensile steel structure and an 800-volt battery pack.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 29 Mar. 2022
In Litchfield, the generally boxy and horizontal design schemes employed the same light, tensile quality of the architect's white structures in Europe.
—Troy McMullen, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2021
The unit itself features a large 42 inch HD touchscreen and a high tensile aluminum frame.
—Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-Cpt, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2021
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“Tensile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tensile. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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