How to Use tubing in a Sentence

tubing

noun
  • We go tubing on the river every summer.
  • The fluids travel through flexible plastic tubing.
  • The first thing to do was cut the tubing and flat stock down to size.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2019
  • Turn so that the tubing is pulling from the inside of that knee.
    — Kyle Norman, Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2020
  • If the tubing is hot enough, the solder will melt right away.
    — Steve Willson, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
  • The rails are made of steel tubing, either in white or chrome.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Slide the tubing over the bead and shrink it with a blow-dryer.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Once the cups are on, the milk flows through tubing into a tank.
    — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 5 July 2018
  • So there was all that fun stuff like tubing, but there was also chapel.
    — refinery29.com, 25 May 2018
  • Cut the tubing to fit, and add a copper cap to top of the rebar.
    — Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Just cut the tubing to the proper length and wrap it around the cables.
    — Clint Davis, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The rack itself weighs 27 pounds and is built with heavy-gauge steel tubing.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Here's our guide, including pro tips on the do's and don'ts of tubing.
    — AZCentral.com, 4 June 2021
  • For the nonskiers in your group, book a day of tubing (from $24).
    — Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Think sleigh rides, night tubing, ice skating or a nice warm movie theater night.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Attached to the back of the pole spear is a band of surgical tubing.
    — Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Some managed to float on the tubing and were washed onto a pile of debris.
    — Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • His body was swelled with excess fluids, and his ears were mashed against his head with tubing and tape.
    — Rosalie Metro, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Each of the rover's six wheels sits at the end of a length of titanium tubing.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 30 July 2020
  • This park in Williams has two conveyor lifts for snow tubing.
    — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • For the non-skiers, there’s a tubing hill, a charming lodge, and even a waffle stand at the base.
    — Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The plastic tubing on rope lights can become dingy and unattractive.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
  • Use a blade with more teeth (24 tpi) for cutting thin metal and tubing.
    — Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
  • There are over 20 tubing chutes and a conveyor belt that pulls you back up the hill.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Each is filled with rice and suspended from two lengths of rubber tubing joined with a knob of beeswax.
    — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 23 June 2018
  • Add the tubing to the pump and pull the power cord through the X cut in the reservoir lid.
    — Daniel Kluko, Popular Mechanics, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The grips are connected to the frame with large, box section steel tubing that does not flex—at all.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
  • There were tangles of tubing that looked like ear anatomy gone berserk or a brass band in deep, deep trouble.
    — Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Using a wet/dry vac over the plastic is a third option for clearing the tubing.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022
  • But this tubing mascara took my lashes to the lengths that my fluffier brushes do.
    — Elizabeth Denton, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025

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