How to Use valve in a Sentence

valve

noun

• They turned off the main water valve to the house.
• The finished valve would be almost the size of a clarinet.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2023
• But Take Note: Make sure to remove the rubber valve in the spout to wash.
  — Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
• Make sure the pressure valve is in place and free of debris.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2023
• Tuck the tube inside the tire, and insert the valve into its rim hole.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• The keepers had drained the moat for scrubbing and gone to the kitchen to turn on the water valve to fill it up.
  — Time, 17 June 2023
• The four valves of the heart normally last more than a lifetime.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
• Secure the appliance’s lid and make sure the steam valve is sealed.
  — Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2022
• Then clamp the elbow in a vise, and secure the connections with a wrench on the valve's facets.
  — Joe Kohl-Riggs, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• If the handle is pulled, a valve in the wing closes and shuts off fuel to the engine.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2023
• At times, whole leagues have served as an escape valve.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• It is expected that a person would need to use two hands to close the valve.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023
• The firefighter dragged a hose to a hydrant, plugged it in and twisted a valve.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022
• As a result, blood collects and forms a pool around the valves, causing swelling.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2023
• Know the locations of your gas and water shut-off valves.
  — Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• The release valve worked until Saturday, when the gates on the Gaza side closed again.
  — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
• The apartment above ours had a flood caused by a faulty valve that damaged my apartment.
  — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
• SpaceX said that further testing revealed a fix for the sticky valves.
  — Loren Grush, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2023
• Once the air is compressed, the water stops flowing and valve B closes.
  — WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
• The valves in the veins of your legs, which keep blood flowing upward to your heart, collapse a little.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
• Ball: Install new springs, valve seats, and cam washers.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 30 June 2023
• Open the shutoff valve in the spring, add some fresh gasoline, and the mower should start easily.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2023
• The hard spout stands up to a teething toddler’s gnawing, and a flow-control valve makes sure the water doesn’t come out too fast.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
• Inflation and deflation are easy with the twist-and-push valve.
  — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
• And structures from pig hearts such as valves have been used in humans safely.
  — Doris Taylor, Fortune Well, 11 Aug. 2023
• What to Consider The valve won’t be as effective if it’s blocked by your gear.
  — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2023
• Amid a sequence of about a dozen commands being sent to the rocket, a command was sent to a wrong valve to open.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2022
• Heart valve disease occurs when one or more of valves in the heart doesn't work properly.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022
• But the system relies on all-Moen hardware, and the smart water shutoff valve starts at around $600.
  — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 23 July 2023
• Metal pumps are more durable than plastic pumps, and this pump works with three common valve types.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024