How to Use attachment in a Sentence

attachment

noun
  • I need a longer attachment for the drill.
  • I'll send the document as an attachment to my next e-mail.
  • The vacuum cleaner attachments help clean in tight spaces.
  • There’s a ski attachment that goes at the front end in place of the wheel.
    New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The attachment was a picture of two shiny bullets in the palm of a hand.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
  • This caused the attachment to fall, taking the roofer along with the boom and hitting the street.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Bonus points for the nose hair attachment to round it out.
    Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
  • The image at the top of this review shows what the mop attachment looks like on the side of the tower.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 27 July 2022
  • Don’t click on links and attachments—if there is a doubt, then there is no doubt.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Scrape any dough from the paddle attachment back to the bowl, then fit the mixer with the dough hook and knead for 2 minutes.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • One was an attachment of the letter that Klukowski had just sent to him.
    Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2022
  • It’s this distinction that the team counts as a sign of attachment.
    Bydavid Grimm, science.org, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Anyone who’s butchered a deer knows that a deer’s front legs do not sport the ball-and-socket attachment of the rear legs.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
  • To stretch curly hair, or quickly dry straight or wavy hair, the Dyson 2.0 comes with a wide-tooth comb attachment.
    ELLE, 3 June 2022
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the warm milk and yeast.
    Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
  • We are being handed the keys to the city, but with a contour brush attachment.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Most tents will have a center pocket or attachment point to allow for the use of a lantern.
    Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The Extreme Max converts to a hand vac in a few moments and comes with three attachments.
    Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Use a box grater to the grater attachment on your food processor.
    Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Transfer the cream cheese mixture to a large clean bowl and switch stand mixer to whisk attachment.
    Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • This one-and-done tool from Dyson offers attachments that can get the job complete in a flash—no matter the style.
    Kayla Greaves, Essence, 23 Nov. 2024
  • That attachment is what redeems the misfits and brings them into the fold.
    Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Just don’t click through from any emails or download and open any attachments.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Pop on the round brush attachment and see results in minutes.
    Samantha Olson, seventeen.com, 1 June 2023
  • Our kayak light picks below can be used on any kayak, although the items' sizes, prices, and styles of attachment to your boat vary.
    Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 1 July 2022
  • There’s no wiggle, no slide, just a tree-roots level of attachment to the planet.
    Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2022
  • In retrospect, couldn’t Matlock have just opened the email attachment and snapped a pic with her phone?
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The Effective Lip & Eye attachment helps target crow's feet or laugh lines around the mouth and eyes.
    ELLE, 13 July 2022
  • These days, a large email attachment is pretty good, too.
    Nate Jones, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • As a result, users developed attachments to the app in as little as two weeks.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025

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