How to Use vinyl in a Sentence

vinyl

noun
  • So far, vinyl sales are up 4% over this same point last year.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 May 2022
  • Discogs is the best source for finding rare, out-of-print vinyl.
    Ryan Smith, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Headlights are clad in gray vinyl and fog lights are set low on the bumper.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2019
  • The game has become retro cool, the vinyl record of the video-game set.
    Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader, 3 May 2018
  • The satin-black vinyl side and hood stripes can be had trimmed in either red or white.
    Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 16 June 2020
  • It's made of vinyl and fabric trim with an adjustable nose strap.
    Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2020
  • Some disks are like a vinyl record, with rings and gaps that could have been carved out by young worlds.
    Joshua Sokol, WIRED, 28 May 2018
  • Musicians could record and have their vinyl records pressed the same day.
    Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The guest bedroom has an epoxy floor with some of Biton's vinyl records.
    Mark Dunphy, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2021
  • The walls are filled with vintage cameras and there are stacks of vinyl records.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2020
  • The records cost $25 each (not bad for a unique vinyl record) plus shipping.
    Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The flooring is going to be a new type of vinyl in every unit.
    Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2020
  • There’s still quite some time before HD vinyl will hit shelves.
    Dani Deahl, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2018
  • There are also a couple of thousand vinyl records for sale in the store.
    Bob Bong, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The title is slang for a vinyl record, as well as the name of a small record-store chain of that era.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2021
  • To go through the steps of selecting a vinyl album and putting them on there.
    Pam Grady, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
  • By 2019, all three were available on vinyl for the first time.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 July 2019
  • The clear vinyl domes seat up to 10 people and can withstand rain and snow.
    Jeff Bollier, Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Waiters, wearing white shirts with black vinyl sleeves pulled over the arms, serve drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
    Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 May 2019
  • The space is cozy, with vinyl-record sleeves covering the wood walls and ceiling.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2021
  • How broad and narrow is the market for CD and vinyl box sets?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
  • There's also new vinyl to grab from rock band the Idiot Kids.
    Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2018
  • As the camera zoomed in on Berry's boot, the sound of a vinyl record scratching could be heard.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • There's been a resurgence of vinyl, which KJ has also been a fan of.
    Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 12 Apr. 2019
  • The album sold a ton, and the proof is all over the vinyl collecting site Discogs.
    Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2019
  • In April, vinyl albums saw their third-largest sales week since 1991.
    Dan Kopf, Quartzy, 12 Aug. 2019
  • By the 1970s, billions of vinyl records were sold every year.
    Dan Kopf, Quartz, 21 Aug. 2020
  • This soft vinyl box from Lakeshore Learning is all about taking items in and out of it.
    Jonathan Bender, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Michael collects some of his favorite artists on the old 33 1/3 rpm vinyl records.
    cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Think about the hard drive in a game console, spinning like a 5400-rpm vinyl record.
    Wired, 8 Oct. 2019

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