How to Use polyvinyl chloride in a Sentence

polyvinyl chloride

noun

• Her head and legs are made using polyvinyl chloride, or PVC.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• It is used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC)—a hard resin used in many plastic products from pipes to bottles.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Feb. 2023
• Replacement pipes will be made of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
• Lutz said all of the cars were intact except for one car that contained pellets of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 June 2021
• In the past year, the price of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), which is elemental to pressing records, jumped by nearly 50%.
  — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2022
• Vinyl window frames are often made of polyvinyl chloride.
  — Maria Masters, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2022
• Chilewich makes its place mats and other products from polyester yarn that’s been coated with polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• Vinyl chloride is used in the production of hard plastic polyvinyl chloride, or PVCs.
  — Josh Chin, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
• During our tests, the sticky polyvinyl chloride fabric ensured that no sweaty feet or palms went sliding.
  — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
• The lacing, once fragile cotton, like shoelaces, is now made of an extruded polyvinyl chloride, which is more durable.
  — Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
• About 12% also had measurable amounts of polyvinyl chloride or PVC.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 28 Mar. 2024
• The researchers offered up polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride and six other types of plastic.
  — Ben Guarino, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 Oct. 2017
• It is often used to make polyvinyl chloride, otherwise known as PVC piping.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
• The colorless manmade gas is used to make polyvinyl chloride, commonly referred to as PVC, a type of hard plastic resin.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2023
• It's made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), the synthetic plastic polymer that's used in bottles and toys that give them that flexible stretch.
  — Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, 2 Apr. 2019
• Soaker hoses can be made from recycled rubber, polyurethane, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or vinyl.
  — James Fitzgerald, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2022
• The branches are usually made from green plastic, often polyvinyl chloride, the same stuff used for PVC piping in houses.
  — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2017
• Vinyl chloride is a colorless gas used to make polyvinyl chloride, the hard plastic resin in plastic products, like credit cards, car parts, PVC pipe and more.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2023
• It is used to make polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, pipes and packaging materials.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
• With each passing summer, more and more bodies of water are invaded by the species known as the polyvinyl chloride inflatable pool float.
  — Sanam Yar, New York Times, 30 July 2019
• Vinyl chloride is primarily used to make polyvinyl chloride, or PVC.
  — Mac Stone, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
• The garland has over 300 tips made with a polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene blend, giving you the most realistic style.
  — Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2023
• The fire cooked off a haul of vinyl chloride—the chemical that makes PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastic and is also a carcinogen—and bathed the area in a plume of smoke loaded with highly toxic chemicals.
  — WIRED, 18 Feb. 2023
• Today, almost all products sold as vegan leather are made of a material called polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, which is a form of plastic.
  — National Geographic, 23 Oct. 2019
• Both trains were carrying vinyl chloride, a colorless flammable gas used to produce polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
• The idea behind it is the same as massaging, except this method can be done in the comfort of your own home using a foam roller, rolling device, a hard ball like a lacrosse ball or softball, or even a small piece of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, pipe.
  — Zachary Gillen, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022
• The most common yoga mats on the market include polyvinyl chloride or PVC, natural rubber, and natural cork.
  — Michelle Pugle, Health, 29 Mar. 2023
• Following a string of ruptures in recent years, the city has been steadily replacing its cast-iron water pipes, some of which are more than 100 years old, with more durable tubes made of polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2021
• Westlake is now the second-largest U.S. producer of polyvinyl chloride, used to make pipes and other building materials.
  — Katherine Blunt, Houston Chronicle, 21 May 2018
• The plants make polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, and petrochemicals used in construction, packaging and other goods.
  — Kathleen Flynn, ProPublica, 20 May 2022

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024