How to Use bulb in a Sentence

bulb

noun

• Then dig a hole about 2 to 3 times the height of the bulb.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
• Once the bulb has cooled, unwrap and squeeze out the cloves.
  — Janelle Davis, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
• More to know: If one bulb burns out, the rest of the strand stays on.
  — Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored, 19 Nov. 2020
• The light had been left on and heat from the bulb had set the clothes on fire.
  — Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2021
• Right now the starter kit with a hub and two bulbs is $10 off.
  — Condé Nast, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
• The uvula is the light-bulb pull-cord at the top of the stairs to the basement to the soul.
  — Talia Argondezzi, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2022
• The general rule is the hole should be three times the height of the bulb.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Make sure the lights have clips on them and that each bulb works.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 30 Nov. 2020
• Bonus: the lamp comes with a bulb, which is not always the norm.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2023
• The 13-inch resin lamp takes a 10-watt bulb and comes in brass or white.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
• Crack your eggs into a bowl, then suck up the yolk with the bulb.
  — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
• Now is a good time to remove all the bulbs and rework the bed.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
• For lamps or light fixtures, make sure to check the bulb.
  — Karen Wytmans, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2021
• Fall is the time to think about one of the glories of the spring garden: the bulb layer.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2022
• Add more soil and plant the next larger bulb, such as tulip.
  — oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2020
• The man was changing the electric bulbs on the clock on the east side of the Paramount Building.
  — Megan Ditrolio, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• Below the eighth bulb, the one that's burned out, is a stack of something red.
  — Gregg Doyel, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2021
• Set the roots and bulb base aside in a cup of water filled just to cover.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 May 2021
• Light up the night with a canopy of large bulb lights strung above a cozy seating area.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2022
• The critters dig up the bulbs that my wife spends hours planting.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
• So, all the energy is now going to the bulb for growth.
  — Conor Knighton, CBS News, 14 May 2023
• Snowdrop bulbs are small, about the size of a nickel or dime.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
• Replace the light in your bedside lamp with a pink bulb.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 20 June 2021
• The more lumens in a bulb, the higher the brightness, and vice versa.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2022
• To use a turkey baster, squeeze the bulb to suck up butter or juices cooked out from the meat.
  — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
• Your stamped perkins knobs function to light each bulb.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2021
• Other advice says to pull the leaves/flowers out to starve the bulb.
  — oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2022
• Then put the fennel cut-side down and cut against the grains into ¼-inch strips, starting from the top of the bulb.
  — Christian Reynoso, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2021
• If daffodils are allowed to go to seed, the plant will divert precious nutrients and energy away from the bulb.
  — Abigayle Ward, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
• Anyone who has ever gone to the doctor has had to wear a beige skullcap full of metal pins while the doc squirts liquid from an old-timey ear-syringe bulb into their mouth.
  — Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025