glue

Example Sentences

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Vogt’s Juliette groans like a workhorse that knows it’s destined for the glue factory.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Others argued the particles stiffened the surrounding material like glue.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

And yet the glue that held it all together was Marquinhos, still peerless at 31, and with the uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time while exuding calm authority.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Regardless, if Adama is humanity’s fist, Roslin is the glue that holds the fleet together.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

To solve the problem of repulsion, Crick had inserted a positively charged magnesium ion at the center of the helix—like a last-minute dab of molecular glue to hold the structure together.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee