How to Use of/like steel in a Sentence

of/like steel

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  • Her spiky blond hair gleamed like steel quills in the stage lights.
    — Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
  • All the pocket knives here use some form of steel in their blades.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
  • This is a strong knife, with plenty of steel to back up each chop and cut.
    — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Made of steel, the durable shelf has four square tiers to hold towels and toiletries.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Its coal powers blast furnaces of steel plants across the country.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2024
  • Her dad’s unique occupation took great courage, skill and nerves of steel.
    — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The team hopes to build a new stadium, built not out of steel or concrete but out of wood.
    — CBS News, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The lyric talks about having a heart of steel — and in that siege, soldiers were camped out in a steel plant.
    — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 5 May 2023
  • All that’s left of the tower are a few wrist-thick bits of steel that once made up part of its lower legs.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Paring Knife is stamped from a single piece of steel instead of forged.
    — Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The cabinet is made of steel and features wheels for easy transport.
    — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
  • While walking across a rail line with a load of steel pipes, he was struck by a train and one of his legs was mangled.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Hunks of steel and extruded aluminum — truck parts — lie on a tall workbench.
    — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
  • The minesweepers were made of steel, but the Satellite’s hull was wooden.
    — Lauren McCarthy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • The entire rack is made of steel, has a matte black finish, and works well in both small and large spaces.
    — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2023
  • Instead of steel, the edges of the iPhone now are made from titanium.
    — WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
  • In the late afternoon sun, the water shimmered like a ribbon of steel.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The Nordin brothers are key makers of big public sculptures made of steel.
    — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Roughly 60% of steel comes from scrap, and the other 40% has to come from iron ore.
    — Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The blade is forged, which means it's made from a single piece of steel that has been heated and hammered into shape.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
  • Now, Wedge needs to factor in the doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs.
    — Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
  • Yet much of the art on the line is based on nature and contrast with this aggregation of steel and glass.
    — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • On the other hand, forming up shackles and fittings out of a hot piece of steel is no big deal for the anvil-equipped.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The frames use titanium which is one-third the weight of steel and are light, durable and flexible.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 18 June 2024
  • Erdman would slip a few pieces of steel into the building when Wright was off-site as a result.
    — Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Protection along the sides is equal to at least 33 millimeters of steel.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 15 July 2023
  • Even Parvati, who wore a silver dress to match her nerves of steel, seemed utterly stunned.
    — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The 8-inch mattress is built with a base of steel coils for durability and a bouncier feel.
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 9 June 2023
  • So far, about 6,000 tons of steel and concrete have been removed from the collapse site.
    — CBS News, 13 May 2024
  • Some are more fanciful, such as an array of steel moon sculptures by the artist Jeff Koons.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2024

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