How to Use aluminium in a Sentence

aluminium

noun

• But that’s not to say there isn’t still a place for aluminium and carbonite luggage on the carousel.
  — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2024
• Like the rest of its industry in the rich world, Kobe Steel has been hit by a flood of cheap aluminium and steel imports.
  — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
• The aluminium is so thin that it cannot be stamped into shape; it must be crafted.
  — Oliver Morton, WIRED, 4 June 2019
• Each robot has an aluminium-alloy wire fed along its arm to the print head at its tip.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• That threatens to turn the space around stations into a sea of aluminium.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• The Movano Evie ring is made of aluminium and will be available in silver, gold and rose gold finishes.
  — Andrew Williams, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• The dials of these niche watches are made out of the MiG’s aluminium skin, modified through a complex process.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 11 Sep. 2019
• The Velar is light for an SUV (just 1900kg), and has a fairly low centre of gravity thanks to an aluminium space-frame and low roofline.
  — Sebastian Anthony, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2017
• Canned drinks, smartphones and cars could cost more after the energy crisis sent the price of aluminium soaring to a 13-year high.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Oct. 2021
• Most of the country’s 13m people are poor, despite the presence there of the world’s largest reserves of bauxite, from which aluminium is refined.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2020
• The firm was founded in 2014 to meet China’s voracious demand for the ore, from which aluminium is smelted.
  — The Economist, 7 Dec. 2019
• India was one of the countries America hit with tariffs on steel and aluminium last year.
  — The Economist, 29 June 2019
• Metal cleats are durable and built for rugged terrain: They are made from stainless steel, aluminium, or carbide steel.
  — Anthony Marcusa, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2020
• The larger version is 4½ feet wide by 7 feet tall and features an aluminium extrusion on the top and a fiberglass bottom bar for weight.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2020
• As the disk cooled, the first solids condensed out like frost on a windowpane: crystalline clumps of aluminium and calcium as big as poppy seeds.
  — Joshua Sokol, Science | AAAS, 13 Aug. 2020
• The drive units are attached to a stiff 3mm aluminium baffle plate before being fitted to the cabinet.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• With artisanal stainless steel handles and aluminium parts, nothing says classy like the Dune Pro case.
  — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 7 Oct. 2019
• As autumn rolls around, the brand has just launched a lip care product housed in palm-sized recyclable aluminium packaging.
  — Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
• Camden council, in north London, was one of the first to try to move residents out of towers with the flammable aluminium-composite cladding, in the days after the Grenfell fire.
  — The Economist, 20 July 2017
• The 32-year-old company makes vinyl and aluminium windows, doors and sunrooms for customers in Texas and surrounding states.
  — Nicholas Sakelaris, star-telegram.com, 13 June 2017
• And in aluminium production the best operators could see the pattern of the flames in the cell [where aluminum is made] and tell whether the production was optimal or not.
  — Tom Loftus, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2020
• According to the statement of probable cause, Grove smashed a 12-year-old boy’s bedroom window with an aluminium door knob at a home in Taneytown.
  — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Nov. 2019
• They’re called aluminium side panniers, and they’re designed by the Centro Stile Ducati and made in collaboration with Givi.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• The dimensions are expected to be more angular; think more iPad Pro than an aluminium wedge.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
• So far, Russian aluminium giant Rusal has not been sanctioned.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 5 May 2022
• The floods also caused a massive explosion at an aluminium alloy plant in Henan province.
  — Brittyn Clennett, ABC News, 22 July 2021
• Aluminium, nails, buckshot and receipts for purchasing rice cookers were found at the scene of the bombing, Wasisto said.
  — Holly Yan and Yosef Riadi, CNN, 26 May 2017
• But even as mainstream systems, HP is offering thin bezels, machined aluminium, and good looks.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2018
• While some of the Laptop 4 models have an aluminium surround around the keyboard on the lower half of the laptop, the Ryzen version has just one choice - the hardwearing Alcantara fabric.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• Marking a shift away from the futuristic aluminium bodies typically seen on luxury suitcases, leather ranges have been popping up at some of our favourite luggage retailers.
  — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024