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
  • These cylindrical lanterns look like stained glass and light up any yard.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2019
  • 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
  • Throw on a pencil dress and carry a cylindrical item and call it a Bauhaus wand.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Locate and remove the cylindrical mesh filter at the base of the handle.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The difference is the cylindrical shape which gives more room for the audio to form inside.
    Jason Cipriani, CNN Underscored, 18 Nov. 2020
  • This shape enables the tank to withstand a greater amount of pressure than a cylindrical tank can, Beyelia said.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • 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 small, cylindrical camera’s best feature is its ease of use.
    Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • In the end, the allure of staying in-state was just too much for the state of Alabama’s 5-star cylindrical meat product.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al.com, 1 July 2019
  • 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

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