How to Use tubing in a Sentence

tubing

noun
  • We go tubing on the river every summer.
  • The fluids travel through flexible plastic tubing.
  • Use your drill to make a hole the same size as the tubing.
    Susan Dietrich Hassler, Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Add the tubing to the pump and pull the power cord through the X cut in the reservoir lid.
    Daniel Kluko, Popular Mechanics, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Slide the tubing over the bead and shrink it with a blow-dryer.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Turn so that the tubing is pulling from the inside of that knee.
    Kyle Norman, Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Cut the tubing to fit, and add a copper cap to top of the rebar.
    Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The rails are made of steel tubing, either in white or chrome.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Part of the reason is because the script is in neon tubing.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023
  • Attached to the back of the pole spear is a band of surgical tubing.
    Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The rack itself weighs 27 pounds and is built with heavy-gauge steel tubing.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Summer in the Smokies—when the tubing is lively and the kids are on break—calls.
    Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Each of the rover's six wheels sits at the end of a length of titanium tubing.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 30 July 2020
  • Here's our guide, including pro tips on the do's and don'ts of tubing.
    AZCentral.com, 4 June 2021
  • There are over 20 tubing chutes and a conveyor belt that pulls you back up the hill.
    John Pana, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The team hopes to send the first kits — with a sleep apnea machine, tubing, and filtration - by the end of the week to New York.
    Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The frame features durable 1-inch steel tubing and the handle folds down for a compact set-up.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Flagstaff Snow Park has tubing runs and snow-play areas.
    Scott Craven, azcentral, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The grips are connected to the frame with large, box section steel tubing that does not flex—at all.
    Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The metal tubing is arranged in a coil, flat against the fan, and ice water is pumped through it, from the cooler.
    Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Once the reservoir is clean, get a piece of clear plastic tubing that fits snugly over the end of the bleeder bolt.
    Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Use a blade with more teeth (24 tpi) for cutting thin metal and tubing.
    Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Christi Oswalt said going tubing was high on her list of things to do while in the area for a couple days.
    Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 2 June 2022
  • His body was swelled with excess fluids, and his ears were mashed against his head with tubing and tape.
    Rosalie Metro, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Using a wet/dry vac over the plastic is a third option for clearing the tubing.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Pass the tubing through one of the holes in the reservoir lid and attach it to the smaller ebb nipple below the mixing tray [C].
    Daniel Kluko, Popular Mechanics, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Tie two 24-inch lengths of surgical tubing through the grommets and the eyebolts.
    Robert and Marigold Moritz, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2021
  • Do not submerge the tubing in water; instead, wipe it down.
    Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The hills in and around the community serve as venues for sledding and tubing, and some motorized trails are equipped for snowmobiling.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Last year, three women were attacked by an otter while inner tubing down the Jefferson River in Montana.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024

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