How to Use carbon fiber in a Sentence

carbon fiber

noun
  • The car's body is made almost entirely from carbon fiber.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Like the barrel, the stock is made from carbon fiber, which keeps the weight under 2 pounds with a recoil pad.
    John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 14 Feb. 2020
  • In the show: Actors portraying lions wear masks as light as four ounces made of carbon fiber.
    Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The trunk, hood, and door panels are aluminum and the roof panel is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic to save weight.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The interior is as caked with carbon fiber—and as spartan—as the exterior.
    Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Other materials like carbon fiber keep the ship from becoming top-heavy and help to offset the weight of the steel and fuel tanks.
    Ramsey Qubein, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Not Warrior, which sources its carbon fiber material from the United States and makes its sticks in Tijuana.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Feb. 2020
  • In addition to repairing the cracks, experts have also cleaned the statue using laser technology and installed a carbon fiber pole in the figure’s back to help anchor it.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
  • One of the projects the company is working on revolves around using coal as a precursor to manufacture carbon fiber for the automotive industry.
    USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The payload fairing for Rocket 1.0, the protective shroud that covers a satellite during the launch into space, was made from lightweight carbon fiber.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Mikaela’s solution to this type of food waste in her country is a portable, carbon fiber cooler that uses powerful magnets to reduce the temperature around the cooler.
    National Geographic, 9 Jan. 2020
  • To keep everything in one piece, despite the strain of being tossed in circles at a more-than-dizzying pace, the tether is built from materials with strong structural integrity, like Kevlar and carbon fiber.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Four hinged carbon fiber rods attach the stem to the edges of the structure.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Sep. 2023
  • It would be made of carbon fiber and shaped like bat wings -- hence the name -- and worn like a backpack.
    Fox News, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Much of the rest of the bike is made of carbon fiber or aluminum, in an attempt to keep weight to 660 pounds.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 June 2021
  • McLaren The lightweight carbon fiber track seats weigh just 7.4 lbs (3.4 kg) each and come in two sizes.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Most trekking poles are made of aluminum or carbon fiber.
    Hannah Singleton, SELF, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The frame is of steel-hybrid construction, the swingarm is aluminum, and the body is all carbon fiber.
    New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The mirror caps and side strakes can be done in carbon fiber or in black to match the window surrounds, hood vents, and roof rails.
    Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The cabin also, of course, features its fair share of carbon fiber.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The 2024 edition of the sleek sports car features a new body made only of carbon fiber, dropping its weight to a new low.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2023
  • It’s made with the brand’s proprietary carbon fiber blend, which gives you more control of aim and spin.
    Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
  • There was also a phase in submarines where carbon fiber was used.
    Sunset Magazine, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The gear lever has been moved rearwards, closer to the driver, and is now a shaft of carbon fiber rather than a spindly metal wand.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 11 July 2023
  • The first batch of Skydio R1 drones will be the Frontier Edition, hand-made from aluminum and carbon fiber.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Like its Mercedes cousin, there's plenty of carbon fiber—that whole hard top, in fact.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 25 June 2021
  • The pod seats five, and the lightweight structure is constructed from forged carbon fiber.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 19 July 2022
  • The structure is made up of carbon fiber and aluminum, and has three degrees of freedom.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2020
  • The big kahuna option is the carbon fiber track package.
    Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2020
  • These types of shoes often feature some additional technology to help improve energy return and achieve a faster pace (think: a carbon fiber plate).
    Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2024

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