How to Use plastic foam in a Sentence

plastic foam

noun
  • Rod butts are either cork or EVA (a kind of plastic foam).
    Bob Beacham, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2020
  • In the meantime, the plastic foam beasts will remain locked in the kitchen for safekeeping.
    Danica Kirka, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2022
  • The Hawaiian version stands apart, mostly for the thickness of the Wagyu meat, a crown of Spam and a plastic foam cup of gravy.
    Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
  • Wrap plastic foam egg shapes with crepe paper, and attach the ends with glue or a small straight pin.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Wrap plastic foam egg shapes ($4, Joann) with crepe paper, and secure the ends with glue or a small straight pin.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Chunks of plastic foam used to ship TVs and the like can be used (but not foam peanuts, which become a pain to extract when the pot is emptied).
    Washington Post, 17 May 2021
  • Check around your foundation for the vents and cut wood or plastic foam blocks to fit vent openings, then slide them in to get through the cold spell.
    oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Check around your foundation for the vents and cut wood or plastic foam blocks to fit vent openings, then slide them in to get through the cold spell.
    Samantha Swindler, OregonLive.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Wood shelf, sticks, Aqua-Resin, Apoxie Sculpt, plastic foam.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Wrap plastic foam balls of various sizes with orange, cream, and black yarn.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Cigarette butts and chunks of plastic foam swirled around her legs in murky water that reeked of rotting fish.
    Dake Kang, ajc, 30 July 2021
  • That’s displaced a tremendous amount of single use plastic foam.
    Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Also outlawed are shredded paper (whether bound in bags or not) and plastic foam.
    Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 10 July 2018
  • Even on the uninhabited island, plastic foam, bottles and bags were all over the place.
    Kevin Riordan, Philly.com, 14 May 2018
  • For the 100 or so figures and scenes, models were sculpted out of plastic foam: images of the play’s characters and their ancestors.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Even insulated in cardboard or plastic foam, wines can bake on a cross-country truck ride.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Pompano Beach last year began requiring all city vendors and food providers at city events to avoid putting takeout food in plastic foam clamshells.
    Anne Geggis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 June 2018
  • And a growing number of states and cities have introduced bans on single-use plastic bags or plastic foam products.
    New York Times, 1 July 2022
  • New York City is considering a ban on plastic foam food containers, and SeaWorld has banned plastic bags and straws from many of its theme parks.
    Scott Berson, miamiherald, 13 June 2018
  • There’s a practical reason for this, since plastic foam is cheaper and more forgiving — and much, much lighter — than granite.
    Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Her new pieces are covered in small, colored plastic foam beads to suggest heathered wool or multicolored sand.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Others have banned plastic foam products, which can’t be recycled.
    New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Traffic was tied up in Euless on Wednesday morning after an 18-wheeler's trailer burst open and scattered pieces of plastic foam on the highway.
    Loyd Brumfield, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the 2018 piece was hand-carved in cork and plastic foam before being cast in bronze.
    Peggy McGlone, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Cars thunked across the Interstate 64 bridges overhead; candy wrappers, beer cans and plastic foam food containers littered the weeds along the sidewalk.
    Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • But no plastic foam, plastic, glass or bottle caps — and definitely no dog or human feces, said Peitz.
    Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Her recent works, including the three examples here, are spires or monoliths embedded with plastic foam beads and coated with acrylic paint.
    Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Safety is further boosted by the energy absorbing EEP (a type of plastic foam) lined shell of the seat which offers side-impact protection.
    Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 22 Sep. 2022
  • On Monday, Bezerra protected plastic foam coolers with cardboard shells and filled them with ice.
    Anne Godlasky, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Starting in June 2021, the import of various items including straws, plastic foam lunch boxes, cotton swabs, and small toiletry bottles will be banned.
    Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2021

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