How to Use tube in a Sentence

tube

noun
  • She was breathing oxygen through a tube.
  • Since when does a tube cost $30?
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The hole should be just large enough for a small florist's tube.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The big tube and the little tube.
    — Cierra Black, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The park has giant bugs and a tube slide.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • My throat was raw from the breathing tube.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 4 June 2026
  • There’s the laughing loft and the wacky tubes.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Cut a piece and roll it to make a cylinder or tube.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
  • And yes, then there's that carbon-tube body.
    — New Atlas, 1 June 2026
  • Who wants to deal with a greasy, slippery squeeze-tube?
    — Claire West, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
  • That channels the sound waves up through the tubes to the ears.
    — courant.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • It was crafted from steel tubes and rolled flat steel strips.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Squeeze a little bit of the gloss out of the tube — try mark.
    — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 30 June 2017
  • The green tube slide and the yellow short one were closed as well.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Attach the tube to the tap and run it through the hole in the lid.
    — Susan Dietrich Hassler, Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
  • How chapped would his lips have to be to take a smudge of it from her mouthy tube?
    — Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The next step is to pump the air out of the tube (with the ball still in it).
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 23 Sep. 2020
  • And there’s a section along the creek to put in a tube, raft or kayak.
    — John Herrick, The Know, 4 Aug. 2020
  • But the cap will keep opened caulk fresh for far longer than an uncapped tube.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Fans, condensers, belts, coolants, and tubes are used to get the job done.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2017
  • The upper airway is not a rigid tube.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • My niece was in the hospital with a tube in her throat.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The sturdy glass tube also gives it a luxe feel.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Just swipe the tube for a pop of color that doesn’t crease but stays on all day.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The hide can then be stored flat, hung up on a wall or rolled up into a tube.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Don’t throw out your toilet paper tubes just yet.
    — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a mascara that plumps and a mascara that tubes.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The samples were then stored in plastic tubes.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
  • The face wash comes in a convenient squeeze tube with a flip lid.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • This pack includes four tubes in the mint burst flavor.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025

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