piping
Example Sentences
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You can also fill individual piping bags with your favorite sauces and get really crafty.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Tickets for the final day, featuring Olivia Dean's first major headline slot, were piping hot, too.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
That’s partly because heat pumps work by extracting heat from outdoor air, compressing it and piping it indoors, a thermal magic trick that’s harder to perform in places with subzero winters.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
“Buchi, shh,” she would say in between the words of prayer, while Buchi would continue her toddler talk, but at the end Buchi always squeaked in a high piping voice, “Amen!”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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