How to Use cylindrical in a Sentence

cylindrical

adjective

• The contours of the reef give the wave its famous cylindrical shape.
  — Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2022
• The PaMu Scroll buds had a cylindrical charge case with a leather flap for a lid.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Bricks began to lift and dizzy around the cylindrical walls.
  — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
• The cylindrical filter is closed on one end and open on the other.
  — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2021
• For the tray, the Cheese Gal got a cylindrical option on Amazon.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2023
• Most are cylindrical, long, and mainly made of foam (of course).
  — Julie Laing, Health, 23 Mar. 2023
• The vase has a spherical body and a long cylindrical neck.
  — CNN, 4 Oct. 2022
• The mills are so beloved that there's a sculpture called the Cruz de Piedra a block from Mamá Pacha that's made with those cylindrical stones.
  — Joe Ray, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022
• The drops come in white, cylindrical bottles with eye-dropper caps and a white lid.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2023
• Two of them had a cylindrical shape while the third was spherical.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
• The object, a large black cylindrical item, is about as long as a wood pallet.
  — oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2021
• The Sub Mini would be smaller and have a cylindrical shape.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022
• The difference is the cylindrical shape which gives more room for the audio to form inside.
  — Jason Cipriani, CNN Underscored, 18 Nov. 2020
• As the sounds turn to white noise, the eyes spot the rows of cylindrical tanks arranged symmetrically across the room.
  — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2021
• The brush has an oval, cylindrical shape that smooths hair and can glide through even coarse hair without pulling or tugging.
  — Dori Price, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2023
• Pellet ice is cylindrical, with smooth sides and rough ends, as if each piece had been snapped off of a long dowel of ice.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2021
• The typist used one hand to rotate the cylindrical grid and the other hand to move a cursor left and right to indicate one of the 4,356 cells.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
• Video footage shows David with his hand around a dark, cylindrical object on his right hip while in the doorway during the chaos.
  — Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2020
• Where older Echoes were cylindrical, this new Echo is an orb.
  — Wired Staff, Wired, 24 Sep. 2020
• The Martins make their own cylindrical ice blocks in a glycol freezer that can form eight blocks at a time.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
• At its widest, the pit’s cylindrical hole on the lunar surface stretches more than 300 feet across.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2024
• The Aeyglom Ceramic Striped vase is a stylish pick in a cylindrical shape.
  — Hannah Baker, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2023
• The cylindrical shape lent itself to easy carry in a pack pocket.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
• However, there is a cylindrical section of the dust bin that holds a filter and shroud.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 23 June 2021
• The plates feature a little lip so your saucy spiced cod with corn does not runneth over, and the bowls are cylindrical and stackable.
  — Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021
• Now's your chance to take in over 3,000 square feet of a cool cylindrical home with an original metal round top.
  — Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 16 July 2022
• Nor did the Argand lamp, which employed a cylindrical wick and a glass chimney to reduce smoke.
  — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Instead, this mechanism is baked into the cylindrical stem that runs to the base.
  — WIRED, 30 July 2023
• The bubbles rise, creating a cylindrical shape with walls of air.
  — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
• The foam roller has a cylindrical shape, and, depending on the model, is solid or hollow.
  — Enrica Petraglia, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024