Example Sentences

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Microsoft famously sank a tube-like container full of servers into the sea off Orkney, for example.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

Notably, the tube-like voids were limited to a length of two nanometers.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

It’s not just that the fish’s brains are tube-like and easier to fit an electrode or two into than our clunky helmet-shaped head meat.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2024

You can leave wraps whole, in one big tube-like piece, slice them in half on the diagonal, or slice them into several 1- to 2-inch pieces.

From Washington Times • Aug. 16, 2023

Peritrophic membrane: a funnel-like extension of the fore-gut, extending back tube-like, through the chylific ventricle in some insects.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.