How to Use shim in a Sentence

shim

noun

• The shim will cause the couch back to tilt outward about 98°.
  — Andrew Freye, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2021
• How to open handcuffs with a shim, that Romeo is a boob guy.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• In some cases, the springs (005) are preloaded with shims.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 3 Nov. 2017
• The Benelli rep told me there are some 40 shim options for it.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2019
• Don't force the shim farther, as this can worsen the issue.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022
• If possible, slide a second shim in from the other side of the joist.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022
• There are two good options for the wedge: felling wedges or construction shims, the longer and thinner the better.
  — Andrew Northshield, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2018
• The coupe's rear seat, however, is more steeply angled and requires a shim to level the child seat.
  — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 31 Jan. 2018
• Enter reliever Martín Pérez, who kicked the shim out from under the floodgates and swung them wide open.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• Bring along a towel or blanket to use as a shim to get the seat base level, because the second- and third-row seats bottoms are slanted.
  — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2017
• At the booth, the Manners guys told me the CS 10/22 will ship with shims, so a wide variety of Ruger and aftermarket receivers will fit snug.
  — Michael R. Shea, Field & Stream, 4 Feb. 2020
• One sleepless night, Miller took a small piece of paper, folded it four times to make a shim, and then crammed it into a crack above his closet door.
  — Bucky McMahon, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015
• Then, with a ceremonious flair, my dad pushed the shim rock into place.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 Apr. 2021
• Starting at the top center of the mirror, carefully pry it away from the wall using a thin pry bar, then insert a thin shim of wood behind the glass.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2020
• The gun also comes with shims, which when combined with the cheek and butt pads, allows for 20 different variations.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 22 Jan. 2020
• Gender-neutral neologisms like ha, hizzer, E, shim, thare, um and ita never even left the hangar.
  — Time, 17 Jan. 2020
• Without the shim, the couch would have a rather uncomfortable 90-degree sitting angle.
  — Andrew Freye, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2021
• The ergonomics on the gun are smart, with oversized controls, a generous loading port with a lifter that won’t pinch your thumb during reloads, and a stock that adjusts with spacers and shims.
  — John B. Snow, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2020
• Add staking or shims or any other method necessary to stabilize the disk from being blown or pushed over, then cover it all up with a lot of strap leaf plants.
  — Maureen Gilmer, idahostatesman, 14 Mar. 2018
• Also, many combination locks have a small flaw in the design of the shackle: Simply twisting a metal shim around and down into the clasp will often cause the lock to release and open.
  — Dan Dubno, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2017
• Unlike shims, this tweak won't last forever, as water and road dirt will wash it away eventually.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2017
• Most need regular leveling, which involves jacking up a house and, at a minimum, adding wood shims under posts to even it out.
  — Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, 7 July 2017
• Most need regular leveling, which involves jacking up a house and, at a minimum, adding wood shims under posts to even it out.
  — Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2017
• Step 12: Place first lower cabinet at the location of the highest point in the floor using shims, a level, and cabinet screws to secure into studs.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 19 July 2019
• Hand tools are scattered around Woodward’s desk among boxes full of new ball bearings, stacks of crystalline disks, and scraps of metal shim that Woodward has cut into electrodes.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 3 Sep. 2020
• In addition, a shim kit is included to further adjust drop and cast for minute adjustments for each shooter.
  — Savage Arms, Field & Stream, 30 July 2020
• Earlier last year workers discovered a 4-inch bolt that had broken off one of the shims designed to help distribute heat inside a canister, and work was stopped for 10 days.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
• Our one complaint with this two-stage snow blower was the manual adjustment required to position the skid shoes (the plastic shims that govern how far the snow-sucking mechanism is lifted from the pavement).
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
• Conventional dampers set compression and rebound forces by controlling the flow of fluid through orifices with stacks of flexible shims.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 3 Nov. 2017
• And while the information contained on the chip, and potentially the shim, can’t be used to clone a chip card, it can potentially be used to make a traditional magnetic strip card to empty your accounts, CreditCards.com reported.
  — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 7 May 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024