How to Use raw material in a Sentence

raw material

noun

• His experiences during the war were the raw material for the story.
• That's largely due to the high cost of the raw materials to make the battery.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2023
• This year, sales are down by one-third, while the cost of raw materials has soared.
  — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 8 July 2019
• And the cost of some raw materials and finished good have spiked in the United States.
  — Heather Timmons, Quartz, 12 June 2019
• The raw material, called hurd, is the inner, woody core of the hemp plant, chipped into small pieces.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
• The latter is a way for readers to connect with the raw materials that the essences come from.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
• The war in Ukraine has sparked fears of a fall in raw material exports from the region.
  — Anna Cooban and Inke Kappeler, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
• The name Matiere Premiere translates to ‘raw material,’ which is the uniting theme in the line.
  — Sable Yong, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2023
• The raw material is transformed into a very thin and long fiber that is the basis of the cupro yarn.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2020
• The bad news is the next shortage of a key raw material could already be on its way.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2021
• Knitwear seems to be the forefront of eco raw materials.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 18 July 2019
• Use them for mulch in the shrub border or as raw material for the compost pile.
  — ExpressNews.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• The raw material changed and the winemakers had to adapt on how to handle that fruit and how to ferment it.
  — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• It is made from the same raw materials as tequila and mixed up in the same part of Mexico.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
• Those raw materials were the feedstock of tons of concrete, used to build roads.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2024
• Meanwhile on YouTube, a video promoted the sale of raw materials to make the drug.
  — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2020
• The monetary base, which is the raw material from which dollars are made, has jumped over 50% in the past 12 months.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• The secret, though, was the raw material of sound, his tone, his way of finding a life-force in every note.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• The raw materials to create the gel cost about $0.14 per bandage.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 24 July 2019
• And some raw material shortages may lead paint producers to up their prices at least through the end of the year.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
• Nike and Adidas and the other sneaker makers, of course, provide the raw material that is at the heart of the business.
  — oregonlive, 4 June 2022
• The other issue is that Trump’s tariffs are raising the costs for the raw materials to build the satellites.
  — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
• That cuts down e-waste and potentially even the need to mine for as much raw material.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
• The shells of oysters, shucked or slurped at the city’s restaurants, are the raw material for this bulwark against waves, storms and rising seas.
  — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2021
• And that can result in a tonal jumble like Loot, which feels like a lot of great raw material in search of a series to make sense of it all(*).
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2022
• The raw material is now selling on the open market at five to seven times the price compared with two years ago.
  — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2019
• Some of that is attributed to the rise in raw material prices of copper, nickel and zinc.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
• That said, of the top 10 exports, only one is truly a raw material: Oil.
  — Ken Roberts, Forbes, 28 June 2022
• That means no more air traffic, boats or trains are going out, and raw material can't get out of the country.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2020
• And the many that import raw materials and parts far outnumber those that make goods in the U.S., staffing officials said.
  — Paul Davidson, USA Today, 2 May 2025