cork
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
After the spray of resignations, fury and anger a month ago following Labour's calamitous election results, the Makerfield by-election campaign had put a temporary cork in the bottle of the party's dissent.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Maybe it’s the way the planet ignores these sports for three years and 50 weeks before comically leaning in like we’re all Ph.D.s in lutzes and double cork 1080s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Death cap mushrooms are known to sprout across the state of California but they thrive in shady, humid or moist environments under live oak and cultivated cork oak trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
Removing the cork reduces that pressure, allowing gas to separate into bubbles.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
The knife slices through the paper and sinks into the cork of the dartboard.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Pulling out corks at 30,000 feet is part of the job for Franks, who develops wines to serve on flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Hollywood stars embraced and champagne corks popped at this year's Oscars nominee lunch, the glamorous pre-show gathering that was canceled amid last year's devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
But there will not be any champagne corks popping in the Home Office.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
There was no champagne, or popping of corks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024
They get in the big pool and float around like a bunch a fishing corks.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
When the priceless liquid is poured, the group is horrified by the odor: The wine is corked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
There are various types of flips that have unique names that don't spell out exactly what the trick contains - including wildcat, tamedog, backflip, frontflip, rodeo, backside rodeo and corked spin.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
PCC has great customer service; I purchased this Bordeaux at its Green Lake branch and was able to return the corked bottle at its Central District branch, no questions asked.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
A chemical compound in the cork can cause a corked wine to taste musty or moldy, like wet cardboard.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
It was full of my Notebook, collecting jars, a cheese sandwich, a corked bottle of lemonade, and a waxed paper twist of pecans.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
A corking Nancy Drew tale set in 1960s Galicia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
“It’s always been part of the game,” he said, “just like hitters have always been corking their bats.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
The warts on their outside are called "corking," as horticulturalist Jessica Walliser said on WNYC.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022
Andy Murray opened this set, and dammit, he’s going to close it, again teeing up his big brother for a volley with a corking first serve.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2015
They were, he said unambiguously, “the finest I ever saw seated in a shell. And I’ve seen some corking boatloads.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
