How to Use fluting in a Sentence
fluting
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Zoox also added fluting to the wireless charging pad to help keep phones in place.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
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These stones’ fluting is mainly found toward the tip of their points, per Haaretz.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2020
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Design features like wood fluting and neutral tones add a calmness to the space.
—Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
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The bezel follows suit, with discreet fluting only on the lower edge.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
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Horizontal fluting will work to create more width within the space.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2025
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Hallmarks include modern slab-front cabinets, bare wood, and fluting.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
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An eye-catching fluting detail adds interest to the piece, which comes with a classic white linen lamp shade and is finished with warm gold hardware.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Read on to see how some of the country's top designers incorporate fluting in myriad ways.
—Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 28 Sep. 2022
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The round vents of the current model are retained and feature some interesting fluting around the perimeter.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 19 July 2022
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The asteroid that brought that cacophony to a cataclysmic end made room for the expansion of fluting birds.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2022
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Extra weight from a muzzle brake might help there, but if Mossberg skipped the fluting, that would certainly improve its handling as well.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2020
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Ranis also contributed details such as the fluting in columns at the Tyvola bridge and the use of thick capitals.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
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The ridges of the pan are not the most defined, but less fluting is ideal for making airy cakes like angel food cakes (these cakes use eggs as leaveners) which need a straight pan for the batter to cling close to.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
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New seats feature Alcantara elements, fluting and contrast stitching.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 May 2021
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But in a study this year in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Eren and co-authors found that fluting was practical.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2017
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Come for the elegant sideboard designs with architectural elements like fluting and cutouts, stay for the minimalist dining tables and abstract nightstands.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
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Black Oxide helps avoid corrosion and reduce friction between the bit and the material being drilled, and also assists in moving cut material up through the bit’s fluting.
—Popular Science, 1 Mar. 2021
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Its cuff interlaces rose gold with blue-green baguette-cut tourmalines, while its necklace borrows rose-gold fluting—a detail from watchmaking—and applies it to its High Jewelry for the first time.
—Taylor Stoddard, Robb Report, 16 June 2026
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Both children and adults are thought to have participated in finger fluting, and similarly, Bennett said that the Quesang prints should also be considered art.
—Nicoletta Lanese, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
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In addition, by altering the texture of the gold itself, the fluting concept that runs through all the styles in this collection offers a new interpretation of Jade Trau’s aesthetic.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 18 May 2022
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For Honoré, personally, parietal art includes paintings and engravings made on rock, but would exclude markings like finger fluting or the Quesang prints, and some other archaeologists hold the same view.
—Nicoletta Lanese, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
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Thousands of examples of the iconic Clovis point — a thin, usually sharp projectile point with distinct fluting, skillfully formed from various types of rock — have been found throughout North America.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2018
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Those who despise Bacharach’s fluting tunes and David’s simple — if emotive — lyrics, consigning them to often denigrated genres such as easy listening, elevator music, adult contemporary or luxe pop.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
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Designs by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe can be seen today in some of the Capitol building’s most elaborate carvings, such as the fluting on interior columns to resemble cornstalks.
—Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021
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