How to Use tube in a Sentence

tube

noun

• She was breathing oxygen through a tube.
• With the motor running, add the oil through the feed tube in a very thin, steady stream.
  — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
• There are no metal poles—the legs and roof section are made from inflatable tubes.
  — Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2024
• One of the top-selling mascaras in the country, this trusty tube is all about volume.
  — Jillian Ruffo, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 June 2022
• Images showed the ship's three-tube torpedo launcher and gun mount.
  — CBS News, 25 June 2022
• Don't think just about airfares and hotels; think about restaurant meals, a tube of toothpaste or a taxi ride.
  — Peter Greenberg, CBS News, 27 May 2022
• With the machine running, slowly pour the oil in a steady stream through the feed tube and process until well blended.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
• Consider the best peptide lip treatments as your fairy godmothers in a tube.
  — Jenny Berg, Allure, 6 Oct. 2024
• Although the watercolor does not come with a frame, the print is shipped in a tube and is ready to be framed upon arrival.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 3 June 2022
• Then came the trickiest part — the redeployment of the tube beneath the surface of the Yukon.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
• This inflatable tube is not only affordable but also stylish, versatile, and easy to pack.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2022
• That just lets the geometry–an aggressive head angle, long wheelbase, and slack seat-tube angle—shine.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
• The Aeropress is a coffee brewer made of a plastic tube with a filter on one end and a removable plunger on the other.
  — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 28 May 2022
• The reality star then brushed her teeth, washed her face and applied cream to her skin, before holding up a tube of Lanolin nipple cream to the camera.
  — Jenny Haward, People.com, 28 Sep. 2024
• The makeup remover is entirely transparent with a rounded end, and it's encased in a tube with a twist applicator to dispense more product.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 19 May 2022
• Ten years ago this week, Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues published the results of a test-tube experiment on bacterial genes.
  — New York Times, 27 June 2022
• Think of the foot-tall sensor with a diameter of 6 inchesas a laboratory in a tube, with pumps, valves and membranes moving to separate the gas from seawater.
  — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2022
• The next step is to pump the air out of the tube (with the ball still in it).
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 23 Sep. 2020
• Attach the tube to the tap and run it through the hole in the lid.
  — Susan Dietrich Hassler, Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
• The easy-to-use tube is perfect for the girl on the go.
  — Akili King, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2020
• That channels the sound waves up through the tubes to the ears.
  — courant.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• Squeeze a little bit of the gloss out of the tube — try mark.
  — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 30 June 2017
• This one’s next to the ratchet wrenches and the tube socks.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
• The hole should be just large enough for a small florist's tube.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
• Wrap the napkin around the tube, then wrap the string around the napkin.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 17 Sep. 2020
• The ready-to-gift box includes a pair of 1-ounce tubes.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
• The hole should be just large enough for a small florist's tube ($2, Michaels).
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
• The bike does has a battery bulge along the backside of the seat tube.
  — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 8 June 2019
• And there’s a section along the creek to put in a tube, raft or kayak.
  — John Herrick, The Know, 4 Aug. 2020
• Your urine goes through tubes called ureters to the bladder.
  — Kimberly Truong, SELF, 16 Mar. 2019

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024