How to Use punch holes in in a Sentence

punch holes in

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• Then punch holes in it with a bulb planter, and fill with plants or seeds.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2020
• Afterward, punch holes in each snowflake and thread through hemp, jute or cotton twine.
  — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• Large hail is often wind-driven and can easily break through windows and even punch holes in roofs and walls.
  — Dennis Mersereau, Forbes, 27 May 2021
• Following the template, punch holes in the cardboard pieces and connect the face and cardboard pieces with brads.
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• For several days, the paper was all anyone in the field wanted to talk about, and by talk about I mostly mean punch holes in.
  — Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
• My own style is to make the ruling — and then a few minutes later, come back to it and try to punch holes in it from a different perspective.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
• Their mother, Willie said, used to gather the ingredients, when available, and punch holes in a coffee can to make a grater.
  — Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
• Bolsonaro’s allies in politics, meanwhile, have vowed to punch holes in Lula’s agenda.
  — Tara John, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
• But 36SportsStrong has taken a two-pronged approach to punch holes in that financial argument.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2021
• Mechanized forces punch holes in enemy defenses, pinning down enemy troops so the artillery can finish them off.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022
• The team is trying to punch holes in the timeline of the murder case to prove there is reasonable doubt that Tommy had time to murder his best friend on the night in question.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2021
• This feels like an absolute necessity for people who’d rather not accidentally punch holes in their television.
  — WIRED, 15 Sep. 2022
• In winter, when the Tsata freezes, the town’s 70 or so residents, many of them old with long memories, punch holes in the riverbed and fish amid a hushed birch forest draped in snow.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022
• But weak passwords, poor multi-factor authentication methods and not using a single sign-on solution can punch holes in this strategy.
  — Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• The compound can punch holes in the cell walls of pathogens like MRSA, killing the cells without the need for traditional antibiotics.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2019
• Stock your supplies with keychains as cute DIY accessories, punch holes in bookmarks and attach strings of charms, or run your charm bracelet through your phone case for a simple strap.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2026
• The Ministry of Health & Wellness advised Jamaicans to punch holes in old cans and cover water drums to cut down on the mosquito breeding because mosquito control activities wouldn’t happen until well after Melissa.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025