How to Use duct tape in a Sentence

duct tape

noun

• Here's why Brown always packs duct tape in her suitcase.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2024
• With all due respect, duct tape isn’t always the answer.
  — al, 9 Dec. 2020
• Several deputies were filmed with duct tape covering their name tags.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
• Days later, police found her body in the stairwell wrapped in plastic and bound with duct tape.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2020
• My car is a 13-year-old gasping hunk of garbage with a fender affixed by duct tape.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
• Consider the following when choosing the right duct tape for your next job.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 11 Nov. 2020
• Carr kept the cash in a Ziploc bag in his vehicle, near a roll of duct tape and another handgun.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2020
• Experts do not recommend using masking tape, duct tape or standard Scotch tape, none of which are as durable.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020
• Even the distinctive design was created by slapping duct tape and red Schwinn bicycle paint on the wood.
  — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2020
• The audio booth’s air conditioning units were so overactive that engineers covered them up with duct tape.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020
• One of the men aimed a pistol at the driver while the others wrapped the driver’s wrists with duct tape and forced him into a waiting Honda car.
  — oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2020
• An Oklahoma man was abducted and forced to jump off a bridge into traffic while he was bound with duct tape, authorities said.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 30 July 2024
• Investigators found that one disabled student’s hands were in mittens and bound with duct tape, among other transgressions.
  — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 24 July 2024
• Not everyone may be able to get out, so family members should be taught how to insulate themselves in a room by closing doors and using towels or duct tape to seal cracks.
  — Jill Tucker, SFChronicle.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• Especially for Virginia Tech, a roster that seems like it has been held together with duct tape and string since the season began.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2020
• Investigators also found zippered bags of duct tape, zip ties, handcuffs and other items used in the attacks in Waller’s two storage lockers.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2020
• And authorities were able to obtain other evidence against him, including handcuffs, zip ties, a ski mask, and duct tape all found in Waller's storage unit.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020
• Using duct tape, fasten the shroud to the top of the box fan.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 16 Sep. 2021
• They were bound and gagged with duct tape and zip ties.
  — USA Today, 19 Jan. 2023
• The 16-year-old's remains were burned while the 7-year-old was bound in duct tape.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2023
• The 16-year-old's remains were burned while the 7-year-old was bound in duct tape.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 2 June 2024
• The child had duct tape on his ankles and wrists, as well as open wounds.
  — Remy Tumin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
• She was shot and killed and later found bound with duct tape.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 4 June 2024
• The teens would then beat him up and film it, bind his arms and legs with duct tape and leave him there.
  — Garrett Andrews, oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2021
• There’s a typo in the title, and there are tears along the poster’s edges where duct tape holds it to the wall.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
• It would get dinged and stuff would be piled on top of it, there was duct tape where the body had cracked.
  — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• There are several ways to use duct tape to bring on the blaze.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 28 Dec. 2020
• Sticky tape, like duct tape, can remove any hairs that get stuck in the skin.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
• Her ankles, wrists and mouth were bound with duct tape.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
• The pleather hide-a-bed couch from his younger days, more duct tape than anything else.
  — Janet Moore, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 22 Sep 2024