How to Use dowel in a Sentence

dowel

noun

• The beech for the dowel had been dried down to six per cent.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
• Thread the two together, and glue the minute hand to the dowel and the hour hand to the PVC.
  — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 11 Oct. 2018
• Use the tack to attach the pinwheel to the top of a dowel rod.
  — Megan Arnett, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2018
• Tie it to either end of the dowel and glue it in place.
  — Toni Lipsey and Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2021
• Glue a dowel plug into each hole [8] and cut it flush to the face of the seat board [9].
  — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2021
• There are too many dowels, and some of them won’t fit into any of the holes.
  — Pat Fitzmaurice, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2017
• To cut small parts safely, hold the longer waste side of the dowel and trim off the finished part [1].
  — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2020
• How: Attach a string or rope to a piece of pipe or dowel.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• Tie rope around dowel, and feed rope through hole; hang.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
• When a mouse scampers across the dowel and hops onto the can to eat the peanut butter, the can spins and the mouse goes for a swim.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 8 Oct. 2020
• Stick the wooden dowel rod through the ball and attach the Styrofoam cone to the rod.
  — Stephanie Shore Fisher, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2017
• The researchers chased the lizards up the dowel and used infrared beams to measure their fastest speed.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2015
• Note: Do not glue the paddle onto the dowel rod just yet.
  — James Schadewald, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2021
• Cut dowel pieces to the length of the Lauan board, then glue and pin-nail the dowel on top of the board along the inside edge of the routed area.
  — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
• Begin by cutting the dowel stock to the sizes provided in the Parts List on the next page.
  — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2020
• Apply polyurethane to both dowels, then glue and screw the shorter dowel to the longer one.
  — Roy Berendsohn and Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2020
• Caspi only used a power tool once to drill in the dowel for the pencil’s tip.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2022
• Slide a 24-inch dowel through each hole to tie the slats together [9].
  — Ted Kilcommons, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2020
• As for legs, make sure they are connected to the frame with screws or dowels — not just glued on.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
• Coat a flat dowel and a binder clip ($5 for a 30-pack, Walmart) with gold-color spray paint.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
• Use the punches to cutout small sandpaper circles and glue them to the craft sticks and dowels.
  — Paul Wright, Popular Mechanics, 26 Feb. 2018
• Bore the pilot hole for an eye screw into the opposite end of the long dowel.
  — Roy Berendsohn and Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2020
• Along the top and bottom, create a rod pocket and push a wood dowel through the opening.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
• Thread rolls of ribbon over dowels and place dowels in hooks.
  — Laurren Welch, Country Living, 17 Apr. 2023
• Thread a wooden dowel rod through the center of the tube and tie twine on either side of the dowel ends to create a hanger.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
• Standard rulers, chopsticks, paint stirrers, dowels, or thin cutting boards can all be used as guides.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
• Just take a look at their pine wood dowel hooks that resemble a piece of art.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
• The pantry is stacked with corroding tins and stoneware jugs nailed into position with wooden dowels.
  — Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
• Shaped like a wooden basket, the bag is crafted from poplar wood, birch dowels, beeswax, monogrammed canvas and leather.
  — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
• The dowels are drilled into the slope and grouted in place in 10-foot by 10-foot patterns.
  — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025