How to Use O-ring in a Sentence

O-ring

noun
  • And the O-ring detail on the straps gives it a little flair for style.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
  • There's a single O-ring in here that keeps it at least in shallow pressure.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • The waist is adjustable for a custom fit, and there’s an O-ring for attaching keys, gloves or lift tickets.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The ankle-high style was crafted in a warm red-brown leather, featuring silver O-ring hardware at the sides.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The pump is designed with a handle, diaphragm, and stem with an O-ring to make manual pumping easier.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 8 May 2024
  • Once your bag is in the diaper pail, simply unlock the lid, slide back the opening using the O-ring, and toss your diaper into it.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 26 July 2023
  • Joints between the cylindrical sections of the rockets had a design flaw that, in the event of an O-ring failure, could result in the loss of the shuttle and its crew.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Both the tinder storage and ferro tube sections of the Pen-metheus are sealed off with O-rings to prevent any moisture penetration.
    — New Atlas, 22 June 2026
  • The kit comes with one solar panel, a charger controller, mounting bracket, alligator clips, O-rings, and a set of mounting pieces.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The motor is suspended by multiple O-rings to minimize vibration.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The keg includes an airtight cap, a CO2 regulator, stainless steel spear, tap and handle and an extra set of O-rings.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • The O-rings also glow in the dark, along with the reflective panels located on the cap, making the Pen-metheus easier to find and use after sunset.
    — New Atlas, 22 June 2026
  • Its gas action cushions the blow of hard-recoiling slugs, although some knocked the system for its pickiness with light loads and the need to occasionally replace the O-rings.
    — Tony Hansen, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2023
  • Because its dust control is so good (owing to a rubber O-ring seal on the dust port, good airflow, and an airtight dust canister), less dust stays on the surface to get ground into the abrasive pad.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The system uses special O-ring technology that allows the balloons to self-seal after filling, eliminating the need for tying.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
  • Glue was coming away from the seams of ballast bags, and mounting bolts threatened to rupture them; both sealing faces had errant plunge holes and O-ring grooves that deviated from standard design parameters.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
  • Extreme cold made the O-rings fail, but NASA’s culture was just as blameworthy and needed a retrofit more urgently than any piece of shuttle hardware.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The cause of the disaster was found to be the failure of the primary and secondary redundant O-ring seals in a joint in the shuttle's right solid rocket booster (SRB).
    — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Rubber O-rings that separated sections of the shuttle’s solid-rocket boosters contracted in cold weather and malfunctioned, causing a nightmarish explosion moments after launch.
    — Matthew Beddingfield, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
  • In terms of espresso machine repair and maintenance, the Barista Tool's reamer/punch/sewing awl can leverage off the group head gasket, while the combination pliers can help in removing and handling other gaskets and O-rings.
    — New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Image Image Investigators determined that the accident was caused by the failure of a rubber seal, known as an O-ring, on one of two booster rockets, which were attached to the shuttle like a jetpack to propel it skyward.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • After the Challenger accident, the 1986 presidential commission learned the O-rings in the field joints of the shuttle’s solid-fuel rocket boosters had a history of damage correlated with low air temperature at launch.
    — Trudy E. Bell, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2016
  • In January 1986, cold temperatures compromised rubber O-ring seals on the solid rocket boosters of the space shuttle Challenger, which led to a tragic accident that claimed the lives of seven astronauts during the launch of the STS-51L mission.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'O-ring.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: