How to Use chute in a Sentence

chute

noun
  • The skiers came racing down the chute.
  • She dropped the towels into the laundry chute.
  • The chute of the eighth man — Bill Wallace — didn’t open.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 May 2023
  • Chewy has the Frisco Peek-a-Boo cat chute for sale at $12.98.
    oregonlive, 22 July 2021
  • Simply add frozen fruit to the chute, and use the plunger to push it through.
    Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • Standing in the race chute, thoughts turned to a first post-trail meal.
    Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • From this point, the chute goes either to the repair shop or to be rigged.
    Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2023
  • Callion had to cut the harness to free the three from the chute, which was hung up on the old bridge.
    al, 1 June 2022
  • His body crashed down the silo chute and straight into the earth.
    Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The chute that led back into the wider hallway wouldn’t budge.
    Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • This means that the sail was so full of air that the boat below no longer had control of the chute.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 1 June 2022
  • Choose from two speeds and use the feed chute to add food while the device is running.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Some mowers have a discharge chute that fits in the rear of the mower.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
  • At the bottom of the chute is a wooden grate that allows the water to flow around the rocks.
    Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Looks like it’s time to pull the chute and hope to win the Connor Bedard lottery.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The adjustable chute throws snow up to 50 feet, and the wet snow didn’t get clogged during our tests.
    Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This feature means less produce gets left in the chute.
    Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2023
  • In others, he’s caught lobbing the coins down the chute or through a window.
    Anchorage Daily News, 1 Dec. 2021
  • For that reason, MLB will enforce all of the new rules out of the chute in spring training.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Use a clean-out tool to remove snow from the discharge chute, not hands or feet.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Longer foods like carrots and zucchini may need to be cut in half to fit in the chute.
    Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Give a firm tug on the chute to be sure that it’s securely fastened.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
  • First things first, never put your hands inside the chute.
    Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 25 Oct. 2022
  • There’s even a laundry chute from the closet that connects to one of the two laundry rooms.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 14 June 2023
  • From there she is shown running alone on the 11th floor, where the trash chute was located.
    Emmett Jones, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Keep in mind that this mulching lawn mower doesn't come with a side discharge chute.
    Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2022
  • Sliders ride high-speed sleds down a twisting chute of ice.
    New York Times, 6 Feb. 2022
  • The car flipped over sideways, flew through the air and landed on the roll hoop, skidding to a stop in the south chute between Turns 1 and 2.
    Scott Horner, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
  • Playing a physical game out of the chute could tip the scales in the Lightning’s favor.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Inspectors found vegetables with mold on them in a walkin cooler on Wednesday, as wel as black slimy residue in the top ceiling chute of an ice machine.
    Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024

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