How to Use tube in a Sentence

tube

noun
  • She was breathing oxygen through a tube.
  • The next step is to pump the air out of the tube (with the ball still in it).
    Rhett Allain, Wired, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Attach the tube to the tap and run it through the hole in the lid.
    Susan Dietrich Hassler, Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The easy-to-use tube is perfect for the girl on the go.
    Akili King, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2020
  • That channels the sound waves up through the tubes to the ears.
    courant.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Squeeze a little bit of the gloss out of the tube — try mark.
    Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 30 June 2017
  • This one’s next to the ratchet wrenches and the tube socks.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The hole should be just large enough for a small florist's tube.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Wrap the napkin around the tube, then wrap the string around the napkin.
    Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The ready-to-gift box includes a pair of 1-ounce tubes.
    Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The hole should be just large enough for a small florist's tube ($2, Michaels).
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The bike does has a battery bulge along the backside of the seat tube.
    Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 8 June 2019
  • And there’s a section along the creek to put in a tube, raft or kayak.
    John Herrick, The Know, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Your urine goes through tubes called ureters to the bladder.
    Kimberly Truong, SELF, 16 Mar. 2019
  • To install, just open the lengthwise slit on the tube and slip it over the pipe.
    Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
  • There was nobody in the streets, all the shops were closed, nobody on the tube.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Fans, condensers, belts, coolants, and tubes are used to get the job done.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Just hang the bikes over the pad, securing the straps over the down tube of each bike.
    Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2022
  • Turn on a food processor and drop the jalapeño through the tube to mince.
    Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • At one point the plane bounces off the water like a tube of toothpaste in the sink.
    Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
  • How chapped would his lips have to be to take a smudge of it from her mouthy tube?
    Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The wire bottle brush can clean out the inside of each tube.
    Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics, 14 May 2019
  • Just swipe the tube for a pop of color that doesn’t crease but stays on all day.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019
  • If the brand name was printed on the tube, there'd be no question.
    Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
  • So much so that the sleek tube made its own cameo appearance in the video?
    Lauryn Jiles, Essence, 29 May 2021
  • The face wash comes in a convenient squeeze tube with a flip lid.
    Sarah Bradley, Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • There the tube was first imaged and then sealed for storage.
    Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 21 July 2021
  • The hide can then be stored flat, hung up on a wall or rolled up into a tube.
    Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020
  • From there, the swab will be put into a tube and sent to a lab for testing.
    Korin Miller, Health.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Top targets for theft are the wheels, saddle, and seat tube.
    Matt Jancer, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023

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