rim

Example Sentences

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It reduced the interior carbon-fiber plate to a U-shape rim that merely traces the outer sole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

There is also biofilm, a layer made up of mixed microbes that can build up under the toilet rim and across surfaces.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Elite job-finisher — around the rim and in life.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

A last-second heave looked on-line to give Vanderbilt the win—but circled the rim and bounced out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

I opened my net and very carefully placed it on the ground with about a foot of the handle and the celluloid rings sticking over the rim of the hole.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls