How to Use weld in a Sentence

weld

1 of 2 verb
  • She learned how to weld.
  • We welded the beams together.
  • They were welded together in friendship.
  • His style of painting welds impressionism with surrealism.
  • Clamp the first three rings to the arch and to each other and weld them in place.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2021
  • The front suspension from the Beetle was welded to the front of the Porsche's frame.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2023
  • After that, a $25 fee is charged to get the bracelet re-welded.
    Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Now square up the pieces of the frame and lightly tack-weld them together.
    Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Why not weld the rear doors shut, and rip out the carpet and sound deadening too?
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Inside the backpack was a six-inch long pipe bomb welded to a steel plate.
    Leah Sottile, Longreads, 20 July 2019
  • What to Consider The seams are taped, rather than welded.
    Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2023
  • This rain coat has a PU layer and welded seams to keep water out.
    Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The maps had been made with the expedition’s state-of-the-art sonar system, welded to the ship’s hull, on the trip from Guam to Tonga.
    Susan Casey, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Stime cut and welded 32 sheets of aluminum into a dome.
    Drexel Heikes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Close the rings with a C-clamp and weld the inner and outer surfaces together [2].
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Facing challenges Once the letters are ready, they will be welded to the guard rail and painted.
    Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Farr, who learned how to weld, now teaches women in her program.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2019
  • It's made of 168 pieces of stainless steel plates and has been welded in such a way that there are no visible seams.
    Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The Alaganik was once a separate tug and barge, but the barge was later welded to the tug, Norcross said.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2019
  • Suess paid $800 to mend the converter and weld it to the underbelly of the car to protect it from future thieves.
    Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Even in a post-apocalyptic world, the people that taught Bill to weld and cook a meal are standing over us.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Across the aisle from one empty hull, sparks flew as a worker welded pieces of the tank together.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • This research combines math models from welding with the laser tech used to 3D print.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Custom-fit chains are welded around a wrist, neck or ankle.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Changing fortunes — and the narrative — will demand more than a spot weld here and there.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • His father, Vance, found a metal tree in Palmer and welded it into shape.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2019
  • At the time of purchase, buyers also pay a $25 deposit so that, if the bracelet is removed, RG will weld it back on once for free.
    Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
  • At South Worx, the T3 and T4 cars start as full tube-frame chassis welded in house and then assembled according to the specs of each class.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
  • To protect the devices against theft, the Coast Guard has been sailing around the region, using blowtorches to weld the nuts and bolts that secure the gongs and bells to the buoys.
    David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2018
  • Some people have learned to throw clay or make their own suits; others bend iron over an anvil and weld pieces of steel together.
    Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
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weld

2 of 2 noun
  • Hunter said the spill was caused by a crack at a weld in the line.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Then your body shop would cut off your roof and weld on the new one.
    Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022
  • There are welds and bolts that can all go bad over time.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The two most common are weld-on jacks and bolt-on jacks.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The stakes of driving this road are high for Tim, as the many dents and welds in the guardrails remind him.
    Longreads, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The morning of launch, Hughes heard a hiss—a pin leak in a recent weld.
    David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2020
  • The module has four posts, which clamp the car chassis pinch-weld line between the front and rear wheels.
    Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2022
  • The victim was able to break the welds on the screen door and pull the metal screen material down.
    Sara Smart, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
  • During the process the torch blows an inert gas, such as argon, over the weld to protect it.
    The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The black synthetic stock is adjustable for length of pull, cheek weld, drop, and cast.
    Outdoor Life, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The axles of these trailers may have spindle weld failures.
    Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2020
  • A total of about 50 pounds of copper-weld wire were stolen, police said.
    Ben Estes, NOLA.com, 10 July 2017
  • On the night of the collapse, one of the nuts on the middle box beam on the underside of the fourth-floor walkway finally pulled through the weld of the steel flanges.
    Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2021
  • But most of these are little more than giant arms, bolted firmly to the ground, that weld and paint things.
    The Economist, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Hanlon says a good inspection takes one to three days and should include X-rays of welds and joints.
    James Pilcher, Cincinnati.com, 28 July 2017
  • Stress tests showed that the weld was roughly equivalent in strength to the spider silk itself.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2017
  • The pipeline failure occurred at a girth weld, a point that adjoins two pipes, the agency said.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Once the design is set, his crew cuts the pieces from flat sheets of metal, bends them, welds all the joints, then grinds the welds smooth and polishes the surface.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 29 July 2019
  • Those welds need to be very strong, for obvious reasons.
    David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Here the stitches of the weld symbolize the stitching of the fabric from the original soft sculpture.
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Munro also said the different types of welds surprised him.
    Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Every weld of the steel-tube frame displayed nearly perfect beads.
    Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Not a single bolt or weld, just metal blocks with 88 pounds of magnetic force.
    Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Those vehicles have a weld in the clutch that could fail, preventing them from moving.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 12 June 2019
  • The company bends, shapes and welds steel rod into chains used for hoisting, tie-downs and tire traction.
    Ruth Simon, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2019
  • Video shared with Fox News Digital shows the area around the crack shaking, exposing an air gap that could be seen where the weld should have been.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Zabaneh said the crack was found near a weld on a stress-bearing horizontal beam.
    Paul Elias, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
  • But the team says that at such temperatures, metal parts of the base could freeze, jam or cold-weld together.
    Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Shooters can also opt for a B-Fast adjustable comb for a more comfortable cheek weld and sight plane.
    Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2020
  • That means that the laser does not form a nice focus at the weld location and ends up gently heating a wide area of ceramic.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2019

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