How to Use inner tube in a Sentence

inner tube

noun
  • And no one can rent an inner tube to float down the state’s rivers.
    Allie Morris, Dallas News, 28 June 2020
  • Float the Frio on an inner tube in true Texas style, or hike along 16 miles of scenic trails.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2023
  • In 2010, while tubing on a ski hill, the inner tube flipped and Musk broke his neck.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Grab a drink from one of five bars on the pool deck, then nab a neon inner tube and get your float on.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The best seats in the house for a summer concert just might be an inner tube.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2021
  • The crowd can sit on the banks of the Trinity River or float on inner tubes.
    Sandy Guerra-Cline, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
  • Riders will slide via inner tubes down the 15-foot-tall slide.
    al, 6 Dec. 2019
  • New this year is a mountain that kids and adults alike can slide down in an inner tube.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Set a bucket in the center of the inner tube, fill it with ice and drinks, and send it sailing away on the water.
    Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2023
  • At one beach, a friendly young couple lolled on a pair of inner tubes a few feet from shore.
    Chris Colin, Outside Online, 30 May 2018
  • There’s no better way to cool off on a hot Texas day than to grab an inner tube and float down the Frio River.
    Diana Spechler, Chron, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The younger swimmer had looped his right arm through an inner tube the size of a wheelbarrow tire, a makeshift life ring.
    New York Times, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Where to eat, drink, sleep, and shred (or, uh, inner tube and then sit by the fire) in the American West's best mountain town.
    Jensen Power, GQ, 31 Jan. 2018
  • This is a great value for the money, but the plastic inner tube may need to be replaced over time.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • The place had an old-fashioned charm, said fans who jumped off rope swings into the water and lounged off inner tubes.
    Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 May 2018
  • Take off on one of the loaner bikes and pedal to the nearby town of Guerneville for lunch, or grab an inner tube for a lazy float down the river.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The biggest fear is a fishhook puncturing the inner tube that keeps them afloat far from shore.
    Matias Delacroix and Juan Pablo ArrÁez, Star Tribune, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Later, some paddle-like pieces of wood and bits of rubber inner tube were found in the water.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Marfil Estrella got on the raft first and sat down on the wooden slats covering the inner tube.
    Alice Driver, Longreads, 30 June 2018
  • The poles themselves are made from a strong TPU inner tube (yes, just like in bike tires) that inflate inside a rugged polyester sleeve.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2018
  • There, your family can grab an inner tube for the slides, wave pool, or lazy river.
    Karen Cicero, Parents, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The survivors floated on inner tubes until a merchant ship found them and took them to the island this week.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Kile was fatally struck by a jet ski while floating in an inner tube in 2012.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • The migrants were forced to use an inflated inner tube to cross the waterway.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • They’re made of two large black inner tubes, tied together with rope and planks of wood across them to support goods and people.
    David Culver, CNN, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Maybe sign up for white-water rafting or join the locals for a mellow inner tube float.
    Amy Tara Koch, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Its turquoise waters host four neon inner tubes, floating idly by.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 29 June 2018
  • At the water's edge, entrepreneurs on rafts made of inner tubes compete for business.
    Daniel González, azcentral, 2 July 2018
  • Ely, who couldn’t swim, wore two bicycle inner tubes across his chest as a makeshift life jacket.
    Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2018
  • Troopers said the boy had been playing with another boy and was about 10 feet from shore with an inner tube flotation device, while the other boy was on the shore, MSP said.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2024

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