How to Use duct tape in a Sentence

duct tape

noun
  • Using duct tape, fasten the shroud to the top of the box fan.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 16 Sep. 2021
  • They were bound and gagged with duct tape and zip ties.
    — USA Today, 19 Jan. 2023
  • And, what’s the best to pack what is arguably the most use tool in the world (duct tape, of course)?
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Agatha duct tapes his wrists and mouth and throws him in the closet.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Their throats had been slashed and their heads wrapped in duct tape.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Put a piece of duct tape on your skin over the area of friction.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The 16-year-old's remains were burned while the 7-year-old was bound in duct tape.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 2 June 2024
  • The 16-year-old's remains were burned while the 7-year-old was bound in duct tape.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Snip off a piece of duct tape with scissors, then press it on the scraped part of the disc.
    — Kris Coronado, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Tuck pant hems into socks and run a band of duct tape around the seam.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 13 July 2020
  • Set the straightedge on the mark, and secure it with two strips of duct tape.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2019
  • The Dodgers patched all their holes with quadruple-strength duct tape.
    — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The child had duct tape on his ankles and wrists, as well as open wounds.
    — Remy Tumin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The man’s head was wrapped in a black bag with duct tape surrounding the head and neck.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2018
  • She was shot and killed and later found bound with duct tape.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 4 June 2024
  • The teens would then beat him up and film it, bind his arms and legs with duct tape and leave him there.
    — Garrett Andrews, oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Her face was wrapped in duct tape, and her wrists and ankles were bound.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 4 May 2018
  • There’s a typo in the title, and there are tears along the poster’s edges where duct tape holds it to the wall.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
  • They were bound with handcuffs and duct tape and their throats had been slashed.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Like duct tape, 550 cord can tackle a lot of tough jobs.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2020
  • It would get dinged and stuff would be piled on top of it, there was duct tape where the body had cracked.
    — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
  • There are several ways to use duct tape to bring on the blaze.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Sticky tape, like duct tape, can remove any hairs that get stuck in the skin.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Her ankles, wrists and mouth were bound with duct tape.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
  • Use duct tape to cover the staples and seal the curtain to the plywood.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Her throat had been slashed and she had been muzzled with duct tape.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • There were big blue crosses on the floor—made with duct tape—leading up to the counter.
    — Anastasia Edel, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The pleather hide-a-bed couch from his younger days, more duct tape than anything else.
    — Janet Moore, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Investigators found the man, George Levin, bound with duct tape near his face and mouth in his Norwood Park home, police sources said.
    — Matt Finn, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • One example is the Corsi-Rosenthal box made from simple materials of an air filter, box fan and duct tape.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025

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