How to Use glue in a Sentence
- The hardware store offers several different glues.
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Hot-glue the trim to the edges.
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Ella Field,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 June 2026
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Use a foam wreath base and hot glue the moss to all sides.
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Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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Secure with hot glue in the back.
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Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Dec. 2025
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Love Dante Allen as a glue guy.
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Cj Moore
june 2,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Twist and hot-glue the ends to secure.
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Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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Attach it to a frame with hot glue or nails.
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Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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Attach them to the tops of your eggs with glue dots.
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Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2026
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Use a foam brush to apply glue to half of the egg.
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Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2026
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Attach the two to the top of the egg with glue dots.
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Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2026
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There is a sticky glue board inside that traps the pests, too.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Then, use a small amount of glue to adhere these beads to the glass.
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Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 May 2026
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That glue, called 5509, was the first epoxy.
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Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
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Swan is the glue that holds the doc together.
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Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
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Pour an inch or so of tacky glue into a paper cup.
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Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2026
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Secure the felt to the straw with a small dab of glue and add to your drinks.
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Janna Oberdorf,
Parents,
15 Dec. 2025
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Adhere the numbers to the chest and back with tape or glue.
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Greta Cross,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Paint is nothing more than a colored glue.
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Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Get out the glitter glue and make a birthday card for your kid.
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Margery D. Rosen,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2026
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Arrange them in the outline of a leaf and hot-glue in place.
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Emily Williams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Oct. 2025
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Lignin is the glue that holds wood fibers together.
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Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Players who may rebound and some glue guys.
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Stan Son,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Laughter can be a strong social glue.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The bugs are drawn in by the blue light while the glue trap inside traps and kills them.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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Paint the sticks, and then use a hot glue gun to attach the sticks to form the shapes.
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Janna Oberdorf,
Parents,
15 Dec. 2025
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Choose a non-toxic glue that dries clear and works on most surfaces.
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Angela Haupt,
Time,
19 May 2026
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The fruit flies are attracted to them and get stuck on the sticky glue.
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Emma Ashe,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
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The fruit flies are attracted to them and get stuck on the sticky glue.
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Emma Ashe,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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Snap traps, glue traps and poison bait stations are lethal for the mouse.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Once the glue warms up, it can be wiped away without much heavy scraping.
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Kate Donovan,
Martha Stewart,
21 Feb. 2026
- I glued the pieces of the cup back together.
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Some stayed glued to their phones.
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Eric Licas,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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All the kids are glued to their tablets and screens.
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Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Sticky things like gum and tape get glued to the sides.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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They were also glued to their phones.
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Matthew Heimer,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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That Rock felt like it was glued to the ground.
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Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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Still, my eyes are glued on my toddler.
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Alisha Prakash,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2026
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One of the men glued his feet to the floor as part of the protest.
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Daniella Silva,
NBC News,
8 Sep. 2023
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Others had their eyes glued to their cell phones.
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Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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Tape or glue a small jar lid to the longer end of the arm as shown.
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Rachelle Doorley,
Parents,
16 Aug. 2023
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Stock up on mixed nuts from the bulk bin and glue them to a wreath form.
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Emily Vanschmus,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Oct. 2023
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But all 10 of her toes have been glued down for him.
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Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
19 Sep. 2025
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Those pieces get glued on and blended with a fine lace net.
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
5 May 2026
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But Johnson was still glued to his phone.
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Sam McDowell 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2026
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Use butter to glue some salt flakes onto it.
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
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None of us can get to lunch because we’re glued to the window.
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Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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Many of us spent our first hours glued to our computers and phones.
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Kylie Robison,
Fortune,
17 Mar. 2023
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Hundreds of fans remained glued to their seats.
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Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
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Simply paint a wreath shape black and glue the spiders on top once dry.
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Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Oct. 2022
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Her wig, which was glued to her head, was ordered to be removed.
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Emily Barnes,
USA TODAY,
27 Aug. 2023
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Pieces of sponge were glued to his boot soles, a tactic used to mask footprints.
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Toluse Olorunnipa,
Washington Post,
12 July 2023
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Two women then glue their hands to the wall just under the work of art, the video shows.
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Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
14 Oct. 2022
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Jason was hiding in a closet at work, glued to his phone.
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Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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To keep the bulbs upright, their bases are hot-glued to small tart pans lined with pebbles.
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Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2026
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Slice up the newspapers into thin strips and glue them to the bowl.
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Jessica Cherner,
House Beautiful,
25 Jan. 2023
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We’ll be glued to Peacock for this one, all series long.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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In math, a knot is a tangled piece of string with its ends glued together.
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Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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Now, the letter is ready to lay flat and be glued onto your old silver box.
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Clare Miers,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Jan. 2024
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They’re constantly glued to their phones and have seen more in their short lives than many adults have.
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Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
7 Dec. 2025
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But she is glued to the news, terrified for those still trapped in Gaza.
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Ruby Mellen,
Washington Post,
12 Feb. 2024
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