How to Use tool in a Sentence

tool

1 of 2 noun
  • Three tools for the price of one?
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
  • One such tool stands ready on our doorstep.
    John Seng, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The tools here are top-of-the-line.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Still, there are some tools that can play.
    Sam McDowell 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Watch this video to see how to clean your hair tools.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • These tools will not catch every call.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • That’s just using it as a tool.
    Ian Kerner 18 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
  • What tools are available to you?
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The hostages are used only as the bluntest tool.
    Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There's tools to calm yourself down.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The tool does not tell you which problem to solve.
    Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • Tech tools can also help to cut back on tech overuse.
    ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Gray stone, wooden beams, iron tools.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • But the real star of the show is this tool’s blade.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
  • Watch this video to see how to clean your cleaning tools.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Wise knew that these hackneyed tools would get him nowhere.
    Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Leaders need to plan for how tools grow and evolve over time.
    Cory McNeley, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The tunnels at Ames are more than just tools.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Phones are tools, and in many ways, they’ve been wielded against their users.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The response cannot be to abandon these tools.
    Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Protect metal tools from rust when not in use.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Protect metal tools from rust when not in use.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Just be gentle with your grip, as the tool gets quite close to the lash line.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Begin pulling the zip tool back out of the drain slowly.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Roszak added subtle curls to her hair using ghd tools.
    Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
  • If the battery has a charge, the tool is going to work.
    Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Other than that, put the tools away, and ask your nail tech to do the same.
    Andee Tagle, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Clear bins are a tool, not a solution.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2026
  • But the tools available to us are changing.
    Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli, STAT, 2 June 2026
  • Use it as a tool, not a temptation.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026

tool

2 of 2 verb
  • He tooled a design on the leather belt.
  • We tooled along the highway.
  • Once, some kid took a real thick piece of leather and tooled it.
    Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • The shift requires more than tooling.
    Raja Walia, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • What struck you most about Max while tooling around it today?
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 26 May 2023
  • This compact penny board is a great way to learn (or even re-learn) how to tool around on a skateboard.
    Sara Hendricks, USA TODAY, 25 June 2020
  • Smaller, wheeled units can roll from tool to tool, but may lack the power to handle your workload.
    Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2023
  • How far into things was the decision made to re-tool them with a songwriter?
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Thrill-by-thrill, it’s tooled to capture our attention in much the same way that an eye-popping video game does.
    Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2025
  • To control them and tool them apply a growth regulator called sucker punch to the suckers.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The bus driver, who was also a pilot, had turned up a small plane to fly, and Randy was in the plane with him, just tooling around.
    Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
  • For the first time in years, Orange Lutheran is going to need to re-tool its batting lineup.
    Eric Sondheimer columnist follow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Even most CEOs don’t have a full picture of which AI tools their teams are using.
    Phil Portman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Oklahoma ties it again after tooling the Texas block but a Stafford kill gives Texas the lead back.
    Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 19 Oct. 2025
  • There’s little known about who is behind the Ghostwriter977 account, or which tools the creator used to make the track.
    Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The title will be won in the first week in November and the team will be tooling down Figueroa shortly thereafter.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But Theobald tooled the Zephyrs’ block, pushing the Tigers over the line with a 25-22 set 4 win.
    Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The future of digital banking will not be shaped by those who adopt tools the fastest, but by those who pair them with judgment and accountability.
    Deep Varma, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Then, as a team, openly discuss what AI tools the team uses, their concerns and their desires, such as more training.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Completely driverless trucks could be tooling along Texas highways by the end of 2024.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Once, before kids, my husband and I ponied up for a convertible that was perfect for tooling around sunny Naples.
    Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Our developer tooling work is underway and seeing good results.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Perry was also spotted behind the wheel of an electric vehicle and tooled around town with Trudeau riding in the passenger seat.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • There is also the chance that the AI tools misunderstood meanings or context, the researchers noted.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Building on the buzz surrounding Ouai, Atkin founded Mane, a hair tools brand this time, in 2023.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Hayes’ arrangements are machine-tooled to immersive perfection.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The clay surfaces are finely tooled by hand, the glazes are multitoned and complicated, and the final result has a depth that’s even nicer in person than in photographs.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 29 Dec. 2023
  • While some may enjoy tooling around in their townhome’s backyard, a penthouse terrace requires the attention of professionals.
    Curbed, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The cost to manufacture this gun would push the price above $1500 and would not be well received by our customers and thus the volume would not cover the cost to tool up to make the rifle.
    Bryce M. Towsley, Outdoor Life, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Kids not even old enough to drive a car are tooling through town on E-Bikes capable of speeds up to 40 mph, some not bothering to wear helmets or follow the rules of the road.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 3 Oct. 2025

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