How to Use polyethylene in a Sentence

polyethylene

noun
  • The balloons are made from polyethylene sheets and are about the size of tennis courts.
    — Bethlehem Feleke, CNN, 8 July 2020
  • It is made from a rigid high-density polyethylene that won’t fade, crack or break.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 28 Apr. 2021
  • These gloves are made from durable polyethylene, spandex, and fiberglass, and come in four sizes.
    — PEOPLE.com, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The balloons themselves are made of from sheets of polyethylene and are around the size of a tennis court.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
  • Easy to haul and lightweight enough to be really fast, this snow saucer is made of polyethylene.
    — Brie Gatchalian, Woman's Day, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Made of polyethylene, the planter is also lightweight and durable.
    — Jennifer Carmichael, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The funnel and housing are made with durable polyethylene, and the shredder sits on strong steel legs.
    — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Oil is a feedstock used to make ethylene, so higher oil prices drive up the cost of polyethylene.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 26 May 2026
  • The beds of dump carts are commonly made from either steel or polyethylene, often called poly.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022
  • Black trash bags were piled up at the entrance and models walked on sheets of polyethylene, spotted with pools of water.
    — Monica Kim, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Ethane can be turned into polyethylene, which is the most common type of plastic.
    — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The most common was polyethylene, which is used, among other things, to make plastic bottles and cups.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Most tubs are made of washable polyethylene, with prices starting around $13.
    — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • There has been an oversupply of polyethylene, the product the Ohio plant would make.
    — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Each piece is backed with non-toxic polyethylene foam to provide a snug fit and make the finished model sturdy.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 1 Apr. 2020
  • For some plastics, such as polyethylene, the repeat unit can be just one carbon atom and two hydrogen atoms.
    — National Geographic, 16 May 2018
  • Out of the research done during the war came things like nylon and polyethylene -- the most common form of plastics these days.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The new bins were made of blue polyethylene and rounded at the bottom and sat inside a metal frame affixed to the sidewalk.
    — Jonathan Smith, Curbed, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Cross-country ski bases — the parts that slide across the snow — are generally made of a plastic called polyethylene, or p-tex.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The structure of this larger deck box is made from steel and PE (polyethylene) wicker.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
  • More than half of the country’s capacity for making polyethylene plastic has been shut down in the past week.
    — Jack Kaskey, Bloomberg.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Get plywood, duct tape and plastic sheeting such as Visqueen, a brand of durable polyethylene plastic.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2017
  • Slat’s device, a high-density polyethylene pipe, travels with the wind, waves, and storms and sweeps up plastic along the way.
    — Tabor Wordelman, Teen Vogue, 18 Dec. 2018
  • The upper is made of Dyneema, a polyethylene fiber with a better strength-to-weight ratio than Kevlar.
    — Outside, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The canoe’s triple-layer polyethylene hull shows no wear but a few scratches after a decade of use, and the wood thwarts and nylon web seats seem like new.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 31 July 2024
  • The new wetsuits that worked best were made of strong and light fiber that is often used to make sailing rope and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The steel and aluminum frame is built to ward off rust and is covered with a polyethylene-fabric canopy, with hooks that attach to notches in the support poles.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2022
  • These are commonly large, polyethylene barrels, some of which are equipped with taps (like kegs) and hold up to 55 gallons of water.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2017
  • This was by design, as Casper wove special cooling fibers made of polyethylene yarn into the mattress cover.
    — Dan Koday, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The kit comes with a clear polyethylene cover, roll-up zippered door, tubular steel frame, four 18-inch deep shelves, guy ropes, and metal stakes.
    — Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2019

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