How to Use apparatus in a Sentence

apparatus

noun
  • Read on to find out what kind of can-opening apparatus is best for you.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The event kicks off with a parade of fire engines and apparatus trucks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2026
  • Britney Spears is putting her dance skills to the test with a brand new apparatus.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Both of his lungs collapsed, and he was placed on a breathing apparatus.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 16 May 2025
  • The trick that’s worked best for me over the years doesn’t involve a third party apparatus.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 13 Dec. 2023
  • During that time, the telescope and its apparatus will open up.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2022
  • And gay men who were in that apparatus of power were mostly in the closet.
    — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 24 June 2021
  • Then her gaze flicked over to the rolling drums of the apparatus and the black paper that had opened a window to her heart.
    — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Of course, the one thing that that person left off is the coercive apparatus.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 July 2021
  • The apparatus stands a few feet high, with three legs and a metal head that’s angled toward the sky.
    — Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
  • But the state apparatus was of a different mind.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In the team event, three athletes from a four-person team compete on each apparatus.
    — Alexandra Svokos, ABC News, 27 July 2021
  • The entire genre apparatus had to serve that story.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Over 100 fire apparatus are out of service, the fire chief said.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
  • In a social media post last week, the union called on city leaders to do more to keep apparatus on the streets.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • But the larger apparatus has to take note and start following suit.
    — NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Drone footage then shows one of the deputies using a wire apparatus to snare one end of alligator.
    — Richard Tribou, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Sasha took the bottle and walked over to the military apparatus.
    — Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
  • The wind traders are teased throughout the new trailer in what appear to be large flying apparatus.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The rest of the Trumpian apparatus then swung into motion.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This has proven a dubious and lengthy process to assert power over the state apparatus.
    — Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
  • But the probes involve lasers, microscopes, and other apparatus far too heavy for such a small head.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023
  • There was no sign that any of the security apparatus around Putin had - had switched sides.
    — CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • There is show-and-tell with an apparatus that can detect volatile chemicals in the parts-per-trillion range.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
  • There was no sign that any of the security apparatus around Putin had- had switched sides.
    — CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • The tan leather breathing apparatus Spurway wore on her chest was called a Salvus.
    — Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Biles had the top all-around score, and the high mark in three of four the individual apparatuses.
    — Ina Fried, Axios, 28 July 2024
  • Leave the whole apparatus on the stove, and let the residual heat and steam gently melt the chocolate and butter.
    — Charlotte Druckman, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The blue light is the apparatus that allows things to breathe underwater.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • And that spot went to 19-year-old Kocian who turned in top scores on the apparatus at the trials.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024

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