How to Use tensile strength in a Sentence

tensile strength

noun
  • Every barbell on this list is made of high-tensile strength steel.
    — Mike Richard and Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The epoxy has a 2,900 pounds-per-square-inch tensile strength.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Still, Sondheim and Furth’s show has its own tensile strength.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Steel pipes and tendons provide tensile strength, while thatch and mud bear its crushing weight.
    — Stefan Ionescu may 20, New Atlas, 20 May 2026
  • As a rule of thumb, never load more than 350 pounds for lower tensile strength bars.
    — Mike Richard and Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Qalo also notes that its rings support up to 17 lbs of force in the gym, known as tensile strength.
    — Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2023
  • That’s good news, since it’s made from hemp, recycled polyester, and elastane with four times the tensile strength of cotton.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The high tensile strength makes spreading liquids evenly simple.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 June 2021
  • Testing showed that films made from grapevine canes were, in terms of tensile strength, even stronger than traditional plastic bags.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Similarly, chain mail exhibits high-tensile strength to protect a warrior but is able to fit around the body.
    — Lars Fischer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The Vikings went from having the tensile strength of tin in the first half to titanium in the second half.
    — Bob Sansevere, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Changing the tensile strength of each flavor's shell can determine the order in which the flavors are perceived.
    — Eunice Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2015
  • The samurai sword is beaten, heated for red hot tensile strength and plunged into cold water over and over again in order to harden the blade.
    — Greg Story, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • The Renchi is made from three types of steel, selected for high tensile strength and surface durability.
    — New Atlas, 18 May 2026
  • It becomes fully grown after about seven years, has the tensile strength of steel, and absorbs and stores more carbon than softwood trees.
    — Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, many people report a tensile strength similar to a steel cable of the same diameter.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 12 Oct. 2020
  • As Yo-han, Kang’s face is a dark study in misery, determination and tensile strength.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 11 June 2022
  • The exposure to the wasabi vapors even increased the sample’s tensile strength by 26 percent.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Our tensile strength testing machine (called an Instron) reports the force needed to pull apart swatches of fabric.
    — Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Carbon nanotubes have more tensile strength than steel, which would not be up to such an intense task, though they haven't been constructed or tested at such a mammoth scale.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2018
  • Dyneema, widely used in body armor, is known for its incredible tensile strength, measured to be 15 times stronger than steel threads of the same weight.
    — Adam W. Chase, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Unlike traditional rings, silicone bands are designed to break at a certain point, a feature known as their tensile strength.
    — Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But tensile strength testing showed the pistachio shell material is far stronger, likely because its cells have three times as many lobes as walnut cells.
    — Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Science | AAAS, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The impressive tensile strength of many of our structures is only temporary, and maintaining them is costly.
    — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2017
  • But the opposite turned out to be true, as various measures of its tensile strength showed that the spore-containing plastic was stronger than pure plastic.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Almost all concrete construction today is reinforced with steel to give it the necessary tensile strength.
    — The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The glass fibers offer tensile strength, bound together by the resin, resulting in a flexible composite that is also very durable.
    — Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • And Norman Hardie makes graceful chardonnays and pinot noirs that would seem almost fragile if not for their cohesive, tensile strength.
    — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • McNeal’s woozy ruminations about art and technology might strike with more force if the actual drama around them had more tensile strength.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The material’s high tensile strength and the winding action bring the chain to a stop, mitigating potential injuries.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 23 Sep. 2020

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