Wondering how to use Glue in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as gum or mucilage.
Glue in a sentence
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Glue meaning
- A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
- Anything that binds two things or people together.
- A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.
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Using Glue
- The main meaning on this page is: A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance. | Anything that binds two things or people together. | A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.
- Useful related words include: gum, mucilage, cement, paste.
- Possible Dutch translations are: lijmen.
- In the example corpus, glue often appears in combinations such as: the glue, glue that, and glue.
Context around Glue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Glue
- In this selection, "glue" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, solvent, animal, supplying, sniffing, kolla and producer stand out and add context to how "glue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include that supplying glue to children and abuse the glue. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "glue" sits close to words such as afloat, amplified and buddhism, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with glue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After using the glue, residual glue soon clogs the needle, keeping moisture out. (13 words)
A bit of glue goes a long way when it comes to crafting. (13 words)
Addressed red gel glue clipping letter the first time the avatar opens the Owl Post. (15 words)
A big system that's built on lies and backhanders and payoffs and hush money and political pressure and all that kind of murky stuff that's the glue to that sort of political world. (35 words)
Genkem is a brand of glue which had become the generic name for all the glues used by glue-sniffing children in Africa before the manufacturer replaced n-hexane in its ingredients in 2000. (34 words)
To break the dependency, the name server for the top level domain org includes glue along with the delegation for example.org. The glue records are address records that provide IP addresses for ns1. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
From the Greek for glue, kolla, the word collagen means " glue producer" and refers to the early process of boiling the skin and sinews of horses and other animals to obtain glue.
Legal aspects Solvent glue Even though solvent glue is normally a legal product, there is a case where a court has ruled that supplying glue to children is illegal.
Many different types of glue held these sections together, most commonly Irish glue and bone glue.
This plant produced glues from animal hides.sfn Liquid animal glue In 1750, the first British glue patent was issued for fish glue.
While solvent glue is normally a legal product, a Scottish court has ruled that supplying glue to children is illegal if the store knows the children intend to abuse the glue.
I had some crazy glue in my fly fishing net and I actually sealed the head injury up with crazy glue,” said Bellon.
Glue is poured over the surface of etched glass; when the glue dries, it pulls tiny shards of glass away with it to create texture.
After using the glue, residual glue soon clogs the needle, keeping moisture out.
Genkem is a brand of glue which had become the generic name for all the glues used by glue-sniffing children in Africa before the manufacturer replaced n-hexane in its ingredients in 2000.
Glue was typically inhaled by placing a quantity of glue in a bag and "huffing" (inhaling) the vapour.
Theoretically, hide glue is weaker than the body's wood, so as the top or back shrinks side-to-side, the glue holding it lets go, so the plate doesn't crack.
To break the dependency, the name server for the top level domain org includes glue along with the delegation for example.org. The glue records are address records that provide IP addresses for ns1.
Traditional construction uses animal glue, and internal joints are often reinforced with strips of either linen or vellum soaked in hot animal glue—a practice also employed in early plucked vihuela construction.
Two shopkeepers in Glasgow were arrested and charged with supplying to children "glue-sniffing kits" consisting of a quantity of petroleum-based glue in a plastic bag.
While the glue is not very toxic and wears off quickly with shed skin, applying large quantities of glue and its fumes directly to the skin can cause chemical burns.
A big system that's built on lies and backhanders and payoffs and hush money and political pressure and all that kind of murky stuff that's the glue to that sort of political world.
A bit of glue goes a long way when it comes to crafting.
Addressed red gel glue clipping letter the first time the avatar opens the Owl Post.
A Douglas man who put glue in the locks of his marital home before going on to assault his wife will be sentenced next month.
After teasing the track on TikTok, Beabadoobee released her newest single “Glue Song” on Valentine’s Day.
Common combinations with glue
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the glue 56×
- glue that 20×
- and glue 15×
- of glue 13×
- glue is 12×
- glue to 12×
- glue and 11×
- to glue 8×
- glue in 7×
- glue of 6×