rubber band
Example Sentences
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You slice it the wrong way and, instead of a tender, juicy bite, you’re left gnawing on something that tastes like a rubber band.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
When an ordinary rubber band is stretched, it becomes thinner while largely maintaining the same overall volume.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
But sometimes a disturbance can cause the polar vortex to stretch like a rubber band.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
Its price is now over 100% above its 200-day moving average, which means the “proverbial rubber band is extremely stretched,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 25, 2026
No one else said anything either, and the quiet stretched like a rubber band, long and quivering.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
