How To Use Duct tape In A Sentence

  • Normally, when we refer to the term "bricked", we mean it in a negative way, but Dutch maker Guus Oosterbaan managed to turn this negative into a positive by using a cheesy off-the-shelf Pong console after gutting it to wrap it all up in some duct tape, followed by embedding it within a concrete block. Ubergizmo
  • Reed did a bit of quick carpentry to repair the breaks, lashing them back together with something the Vikings could have used, duct tape.
  • They bound our hands and feet with parachute cord and duct tape.
  • duct tape holds the world together
  • Neither duct tape nor electrical tape could provide a waterproof, durable repair.
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  • A party held together with spit, chewing gum, baling wire, and duct tape A party held together with spit, chewing gum, baling wire, and duct tape
  • We returned nestlings to their nests and repaired cavities with duct tape.
  • He has literally kept some of our offices and machines working by duct tape and force of will alone.
  • The actor has a dozen or so tattoos and a pair of jeans so worn they are held together with duct tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • On board the most complex machine yet built, ground control showed the crew how to modify an air filter with duct tape, cardboard and a sock. Times, Sunday Times
  • DANIEL SPITZ, MEDICAL EXAMINER, FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST: You know the body was so decomposed that common sense may tell you that the duct tape were put on, you know, in an ante-mortem fashion, but the reality is that there ` s nothing forensically that would allow you to distinguish whether the duct tape was put on before or after death. CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2008
  • Removing the cap to the acid bottle, she gingerly covered it with eight layers of carefully folded foil, sticking the foil down with a piece of duct tape.
  • From his satchel York pulled out a roll of duct tape.
  • Brenda's insistence on wrapping her youngest son in duct tape to ward off ticks is based in reality, as are characters such as Adrianna and her struck father. Undefined
  • He bought a sheet of heavy plastic, a roll of duct tape, fifty yards of rope, and a nonslip block-and-tackle pulley. Babylon Nights
  • Remove the ventilators and put in the storm plates; duct tape over hatches and large port lights.
  • Wrap the straws in duct tape about two-thirds of the way up the straws. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you wrap duct tape around a newspaper, it can be used a dog's chew toy.
  • The fix is to seal all seams in your ducts in the basement with duct tape.
  • I had already splinted it with the first section of the boathook, so I reinforced the repair with extra duct tape, binding it tightly to make the repair as strong as possible. Rowing the ATLANTIC
  • Reed did a bit of quick carpentry to repair the breaks, lashing them back together with something the Vikings could have used, duct tape.
  • The high-tech link was a microphone pointed at a telephone with the aid of duct tape.
  • This I made myself, and it is ornately decorated with criss-cross patterns and reinforced around the ends with extra duct tape so that the guitar does not break off of the strap.
  • He was wearing a crash helmet and a pressure suit strapped together with duct tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • I could see guys taping in the windscreen with what looked like duct tape or gaffer tape. The Sun
  • He hands me the keys and points to the liftgate, which is no longer held on by duct tape. C. Brian Smith on dining with Dubya
  • It turns out that the ‘smoking gun’ the warbloggers have been braying about for the past week is made of balsa wood and duct tape, and powered by lawnmower engines.
  • The actor has a dozen or so tattoos and a pair of jeans so worn they are held together with duct tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • On board the most complex machine yet built, ground control showed the crew how to modify an air filter with duct tape, cardboard and a sock. Times, Sunday Times
  • Lacey turned around and darted for the coffee table and grasped a reel of duct tape, holding it up in her hand.
  • Wrap the straws in duct tape about two-thirds of the way up the straws. Times, Sunday Times
  • It patches waders, boats, holds together broken rods, makes pretty nifty sunglass retainers (like above), and just a week or so ago I actually used duct tape to hold my oar lock in place after a friend had straightened the cotter pin holding it in place. 12 inches if Duct tape literally saved an entire day of fishing. If you can't Duct it...
  • The Doctor was pulling a roll of duct tape out of the bag.
  • This I made myself, and it is ornately decorated with criss-cross patterns and reinforced around the ends with extra duct tape so that the guitar does not break off of the strap.
  • You ask for Viagra. You get a popsicle stick and duct tape.
  • Neither duct tape nor electrical tape could provide a waterproof, durable repair.
  • The implication presumably is that the duct tape replaces skill.
  • He was bound to a stretcher with heavy duct tape, which was wound around his chest, upper arms, shoulders, ankles and the stretcher itself.
  • Officers found duct tape that looked like it might have been used to bind somebody as well as pornographic comic books.
  • Tie the ribbon or thread around the duct tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • Introducing block rockin 'honky-tonk, New American music for the 21st century, built with love in a little studio, hand crafted, running on inspiration and imagination and duct tape, calling on the spirit of Gram Parsons and Otis Redding and KRS-ONE and Dolly Parton and Nina Simone and Willie Nelson and Missy Elliott and Johnny Cash, to write about what we feel and play what our hearts tell us, because to make it happen is reason enough, and to share it with the world is all the reason you need, because we tell the truth with music and the truth is beautiful. Boing Boing
  • She saw he always wore the same pair of worn sneakers - ones with duct tape wound about them, to keep the soles in place.
  • The fix is to seal all seams in your ducts in the basement with duct tape.
  • Repair any tears in the underlayment with duct tape.
  • A shank was held to a female guard's throat as she was handcuffed to a chair and tied up with duct tape.
  • Depending on how far the bolts stick out beyond the boards, we either countersink the nuts or wrap two layers of duct tape over the ends of the bolts to prevent damage to the greenhouse film.
  • SPIRO: Look, when I was DA, I mean that was an issue that was always on the table, whether or not we would seek death -- and your caller is correct -- aggravating circumstances like duct tape on the mouth of a child who may have been chloroformed for whatever reason is enough to bring it up to that level. CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2009
  • And a few rolls of duct tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • We discovered that whoever installed the pipes sealed the joints with duct tape because little silver ravels are visible at each section.
  • She then tearfully attaches some sandals with duct tape and walks on for 50 miles. Times, Sunday Times
  • I could see guys taping in the windscreen with what looked like duct tape or gaffer tape. The Sun
  • Seal the lid of the container tightly and tape the lid with duct tape.
  • The girl took her hand off my mouth and quickly slapped a strip of duct tape over it.
  • She then tearfully attaches some sandals with duct tape and walks on for 50 miles. Times, Sunday Times
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  • So I took a roll of duct tape, climbed a tree, and firmly secured it to a large branch.
  • Inner core was jointed to the outer mesh with non-conductive fishing line, and everything was held together with old-fashioned duct tape.
  • And a few rolls of duct tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • She fixed it with duct tape. Spitfire Women of World War II
  • And you had the duct tape right there in your hand and coulda wrapped that rebellious cotter pin until it suffocated. Monday, Jan. 26 – The Bleat.
  • I hear dark rumors that she has her enemies duct taped to comfortable recliners and forced to watch Beachcombers episodes until they eat their own weight in bran loaf! Archive 2007-09-01
  • For example, recently the New York State Forensic Science Commission was asked to accredit a unit of a police lab in duct tape comparison. Linda Kenney Baden: Conviction: Unvalidated Science in the Courtroom
  • From peeper scopes to duct tape -- learn more about the cool tools Nature Conservancy scientists use to solve conservation issues. Conservation Tools: 'Very Pistols,' Underwater Paper, Amphibious Vehicles And Other Cool Gadgets Used By The Nature Conservancy Scientists (PHOTOS)
  • He was wearing a crash helmet and a pressure suit strapped together with duct tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • I duct taped the overflow drain on the sink, and inserted a CO2 cartridge into the drain cleaning unit.
  • What does she mean, no duct tape? Times, Sunday Times
  • The frames of his glasses held together by duct tape, the man waits at the entrance to the paddock for the first horse to arrive.
  • Those small rips and tears that you get on your old blue jeans and the occasional jacket can easily be fixed with a little duct tape.
  • Duct tape does not provide an effective seal for ductwork.
  • The implication presumably is that the duct tape replaces skill.
  • Or, you can seal the joint with duct tape placed lengthwise all along the seams and end joints.
  • For a few moments, the sound of ripping duct tape was the only noise. OUTCAST
  • I patch'em up wid Gorilla duct tape ... bedder then new! More Thoughts on Prairie Dogs
  • What does she mean, no duct tape? Times, Sunday Times
  • Rips, tears or cracks on items such as lawn chairs, suitcases, automobile seats and window screens can easily be fixed with transparent duct tape.
  • Tie the ribbon or thread around the duct tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • POSEY: Well, the mode of death actually has to be some kind of asphyxia be it from the chloroform, from the duct tape around the mouth. CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2009
  • Drumgoole dressed in a leopard unitard with the hidden support of duct tape.
  • I suggest all you that want to vote for John McCain slap some duct tape over your mouths, drop your pants, and bend over, because that is essentially what you are agreeing to. CNN Poll: Majority of Dems want Clinton to be VP
  •   “No you won't,” Peter said, wearing his cockiest grin as he wrenched open the door, one hand companionably resting on the mannequin next to the front door, whom we'd outfitted with a black duct tape bustier and nipple rings, a la Wendy O Williams. Why I Can't Be a Hare Krishna
  • She fixed it with duct tape. Spitfire Women of World War II

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