tube

Example Sentences

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A spindly plastic tube extended from my forehead to the “Eye Spa” machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The system then uses optical imaging to monitor bacterial growth in each tube.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Once upon a time, information arrived printed on paper, rolled into a tube, and tossed through the air to arrive on a lawn or doorstep.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Since then, he has been breathing with the help of a tracheostomy tube and is fed through a gastrostomy tube.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

When he had lived upstairs, he had once tasted toothpaste when a careless guest left the cap off a tube.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary