Example Sentences

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Plugs with a trade size of ⅜ of an inch come closest, but they are a bit too small, filling holes 0.718 inches in diameter.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2022

Calling time on the Daisy Age before their sound became pigeonholed, the Plugs unveiled a set that was both astoundingly self-assured and endearingly self-deprecating.

From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2016

Plugs have been installed by the stools so power-lunching customers can recharge their phones.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2015

For instance, The BlastBuster Variable Noise Reduction Shooter’s Ear Plugs, which sell for $8.75 a pair at Ear Plug Superstore, let you hear all sounds at a normal conversation level.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2011

Plugs of wax in the nostrils and ears are removed, and in a very short time the subject is as well as ever.”

From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Curtis, Wardon Allan