composite materials

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Materials, generally strong and lightweight, in which fibers of more than one sort of material are bonded together chemically. These types of materials were developed in the laboratory and derive their strength from the combination of materials rather than from the interlocking of a uniform set of atoms.

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How to use composite materials in a sentence

How do you find the materials, and how do you manage to get them across New York to the sites?
#Setinthestreet: Your Street Corner Is Their Art Project|James Joiner|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But none of them managed to be able to acquire the weapons or the bomb materials to carry out either event.
Post Office Robbers More Wanted Than ISIS|M.L. Nestel|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Our volunteers donate their time, materials, and use of their 3-D printers to create them,” Jen Owen, a member of e-NABLE, said.
3-D Printing Is Changing the Future of Prosthetics|Lucy Vernasco|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The collective stresses that it has no intentions of museum-izing the materials it has gathered.
The Monuments Men of Occupy Hong Kong|Brendon Hong|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The raw materials— tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold—were dubbed “conflict minerals.”
Aaron Rodgers Takes Aim at Congo’s ‘Blood Minerals’ War|John Prendergast|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Wait a minute 'ere,” said Mr. Levi, and he went into the room beyond this, where she knew there were writing materials.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
He uses the red pipe-stone and other materials in the production of his pipes, which are ingenious specimens of sculpture.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He seemed to pass under the mastery of a great mood that was a composite reproduction of all the moods of his forgotten boyhood.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
In Europe they are made of the most costly materials, and studded with the rarest gems.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The strangest materials were used in their construction; the public taste leaning towards relics possessing historical interest.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.