How to Use extractor in a Sentence

extractor

noun
  • Just make sure the extractor is strong with a good track record.
    Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2020
  • And there’s an optional smoke extractor to help keep your kitchen smelling fresh.
    Kyle Schnitzer, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2022
  • This is a commercial grade hand press extractor that is made from heavy duty cast iron.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Slowly run the steam extractor over the couch to remove the cleaner.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Switching out the nibs is extremely easy, thanks to the nib extractor.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 24 Nov. 2021
  • An alternative, old-school method is to use a straight-flute extractor.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2022
  • There are Auger-style juicers (cold-press juicers) and juice extractors, which tend to remove the pulp from the juice.
    Ajc Homepage, ajc, 6 Aug. 2017
  • Drill the center hole in the broken fastener and tap in the extractor.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Use the extractor on your handheld steam cleaner or wipe the chair several times with clean cloths.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Besides extractor tools, there are practices that can help wave goodbye to your blackheads.
    Andrea Jordan and Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 31 July 2023
  • This is the time to manually remove weeds by pulling or using a hoe or weed extractor.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • This option is cheaper and less likely to scar you than using a metal extractor.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 17 May 2017
  • His brother Forrest put a venom extractor on his thumb and used it to try and suck more venom out.
    Ben Raines, AL.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Note that the taper of the extractor can expand the screw or bolt, so don’t pound the extractor into the hole.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2022
  • If a tick is biting you, use a fine tweezers or notched tick extractor to remove it as close to the skin as possible.
    Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 29 May 2018
  • Behind the doors there is space for an oven, a cooktop, an extractor hood, a tea kettle, and a coffee machine.
    Katharina Schwarze, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The extractor fans hummed on low in the background, filling the heavy and uncomfortable air.
    Angela Hui, refinery29.com, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Each welding booth also comes with a fume extractor that pulls out the air every two minutes as students toil work on their projects.
    Farah Eltohamy, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The screw’s grip exceeds the strength of the screw material relative to the bite of the extractor.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2018
  • The powerful motor and total crushing blade blends ice for frozen drinks, and the extractor blades are great for fruit and vegetable juices.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
  • And the characteristic old-fashioned rain gutters and the air extractor above the rear window were nowhere to be found.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023
  • Next to the heat extractors, air clearly runs out vertically, splitting wide before joining the rest of the flow.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2023
  • If all goes well, this is how Lunar Resources' extractor could appear on the lunar surface in a few years.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The solution is a slot or air extractor through the hood (bonnet) that passes air up and accelerates it over the windscreen.
    Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 2 June 2018
  • Behind the retail counter, and through a set of security doors, a staff member monitors the extractor.
    Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022
  • With an innovative claw extractor design, this stand-up weeding tool ensnares stubborn weeds right down from the root and removes the whole thing in one go.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
  • First, run a vacuum or extractor over the fabric and then scrub any spots using a microfiber cloth dipped in warm water and circular motions.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Each of Akron's 14 stations should have an extractor, but currently only nine stations do.
    Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 12 Feb. 2018
  • An external, open-air plant room, below the roof level and above the first-floor kitchen, has also been proposed for the latter’s new extractor equipment.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The action is designed to interface with a wide variety of flat, breach-face barrels, thanks to the non-protruding extractor.
    Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2020

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