piping

Example Sentences

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Members of the group spent six hours crafting each stocking, using hand embroidery, piping and seam-matching skills.

From BBC

But Carney's memorandum of understanding with Alberta to advance an initiative that involves piping bitumen to Canada's northwest Pacific coast and building a massive port to accommodate oil tankers has drawn outrage.

From Barron's

He has been stuck heading three days a week to dialysis, the tedious process of pumping out his blood, filtering it and piping it back into his body.

From Los Angeles Times

Concrete chunks and metal shrapnel flung thousands of feet from the launch pad would likely have landed in critical habitat for the piping plover, a shorebird on the endangered species list, Margolis said.

From Reuters

One of my favorite creations is to have it on a piece of pumpernickel bread, topped with thinly sliced cucumbers and toasted until piping hot.

From Salon