How to Use billet in a Sentence

billet

noun
  • Connecting rods and pistons are forged, and both crankshaft and camshaft are made from billet steel.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Players who did join would need to be placed with billet families and enroll in high-school classes.
    — James Mirtle, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The top yoke, handlebar clasps and footpegs are all made from aerospace-grade billet aluminum.
    — Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The cooling channels are routed through the bike’s billet components – how cool is that?
    — New Atlas, 27 May 2026
  • No navy can afford to keep 1,000 billets filled with idle soldiers for seven years.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And four knurled billet feet allow precise leveling.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2025
  • And Tkachuk — Hughes’ forrmer billet roommate — can take draws.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • This hunk of billet aluminum solves both problems by providing a closed shackle mount that’s designed to fit snug with the winch’s fairlead.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Ducati will also throw in a set of track accessories such as the carbon-fiber open clutch cover and a billet aluminum racing fuel cap.
    — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The billet, along with whatever tokens were left, was then put in a packet, sealed with wax, and stored until a parent returned to make a claim.
    — National Geographic, 3 June 2020
  • His billet family drove from Sherbrooke to watch him defeat Canada.
    — Sarah Jean Maher, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Their current quarters, in a quaint brick house on the bank of a stream overgrown with reeds, resembled less a military billet than a communal squat.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Each Baja Raptor with leather seat covers, carbon-fiber trim, and billet racing pedals.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
  • Layers of pillows and high-quality linens in subtle tones complete the dramatic yet restrained billet.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
  • There are also plenty of billet aluminum parts, including footpegs, brake and clutch levers, and the Rizoma fuel cap.
    — New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There are legitimate areas where four-star billets could be responsibly reduced.
    — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • The structural component doubles as a piece of functional sculpture, as does the single-sided billet-aluminum swingarm.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The chassis, meanwhile, has been treated to the shop’s signature wide wheel conversion, with billet hubs and spoked Excel rims housing thick sport tires.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 July 2021
  • The final exam for every potential billet family is a home inspection by Makar.
    — Casey Brogan, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Some of Spectro’s billet alloy recipes will allow for some old cans, in addition to the usual industrial aluminum scrap.
    — Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • That way he wouldn’t get inundated with picture and autograph requests and could actually watch his little billet brother play.
    — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Brunet had a large group at the draft, including his parents, his uncle from Vancouver, his grandmother, his billet family, and his childhood friend.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022
  • Instead of billet housing, Castaneda and his teammates bounced around from one Airbnb to the next, sleeping on couches, pull-out mattresses or the kitchen floor.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • The Wilson Combat Ultralight Ranger is machined from a billet and features a carbon-fiber stock.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Rizoma billet aluminum adjustable footpegs and racing plexiglass.
    — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Dellandrea, who played junior hockey in nearby Flint, said his billet family was at the game Thursday in Detroit.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Linley made the bespoke billet titanium directors chairs for some of the exterior dining spaces.
    — Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • In the pre-show room of the ride, look for a solid microcrystalline silicon billet, ancient silicon wafer chips, vintage cartridge casings for hard drive disks and microscopes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2021
  • The billets will be marketed under the RevivAL brand name, a nod to the fact the aluminum came from 250 recyclers.
    — Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • The smallest touch, but the one owners may appreciate most often, is billet-aluminum dials for audio, climate, transfer case and trailer backup controls.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2020

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