How to Use clamp in a Sentence
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Once the glue is dry, remove the clamp and sand the joint smooth.
— Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2021 -
All of those track pieces were built by hand and with clamps.
— Mekado Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023 -
Hold small weight plates in each hand with a clamp grip, your thumb on the flat side of the plates.
— Greg Presto, Men's Health, 6 Oct. 2022 -
Use a clamp to pull the joints tight, and set the assembly aside to let the glue dry [17].
— Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2021 -
Install the rivets, and attach the baffle to the pipe with the hose clamp.
— Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2021 -
Plus, there's no risk of dents from styling, since there's no clamp.
— Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 18 Feb. 2021 -
The bars on these clamps are easy to position and keep in place.
— Anabelle Weissinger, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023 -
Look for clamp-on lights for beds or a desk lamp with a USB charger in the base.
— Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2020 -
The combo kit includes a pair of 6-inch clamps and a pair of 12-inch clamps.
— Matt Jancer, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023 -
Instead, a clamp is attached to the top of a door frame, with the ball attached to a string.
— Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2021 -
All of their panels had locks, chains and clamps, Meagher said.
— The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2024 -
Nature: When an eel climbs a ramp to eat squid from a clamp, that’s a moray.
— New York Times, 23 June 2021 -
The clamp holds hair nicely, and there was no slippage.
— Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023 -
The bones were brought into alignment, and Watkins put a big clamp on the humerus to hold it in place.
— The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2021 -
Attach dowels to the sides of two tiles with clear glue; clamp.
— Beth Eslinger, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2021 -
There's not even so much as a muffler clamp to deal with.
— Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2022 -
Just attach the mount to your tray and adjust the clamps to fit around your smartphone.
— Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2023 -
Thanks to the adjustable clamp, this bird bath is easy to install and remove.
— Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023 -
Then, lock the tool into a vise or hold it still with a clamp and move a mill file along the edge of the blade to sharpen.
— Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2022 -
Clamp the line spooler to a table, chair back, or workbench and insert the filler spool in the clamp.
— Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023 -
File each end to round off the corners, and clamp or tape the ends to your metal work surface [1].
— Nick Moreau, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2020 -
Plus, there’s a spring in the hinge that widens the clamp’s grip based on the thickness of the skis or boards, while the rubber arms won’t scratch the topsheets.
— James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 4 June 2020 -
There was no burning or damage, and the clamp held the hair without pulling it too hard.
— Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Despite the rogue clamp, the telescope was still very much intact.
— Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2021 -
And the non-adjustable 43 mm KYB forks now sit in triple clamps that have 14 mm more offset.
— Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2023 -
This budget-friendly clamp on style light clips to the edge of a table or desk.
— Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 July 2022 -
Make sure the clamp is fully connected to the metal and won’t fall off.
— Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022 -
Using clamps, the tights were stretched even further to see just how far these tights could go.
— L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023 -
Apply glue to the joint between the front rail and bottom, assemble the parts and clamp [9].
— Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2020 -
Cable ties could also be used, or a clamp if available.
— IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
- The surgeon clamped the vein.
- The bit was clamped firmly between the horse's teeth.
- He clamped his mouth shut and refused to speak.
- He clamped the two pieces of wood together.
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Turn the leg on its edge and clamp it to the sawhorses.
— Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2021 -
Then, clamp the iron down each plait to lock in the shape.
— Amber Kallor, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 -
To win the West, the Nuggets will need more than clamp-down defense.
— Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 21 Nov. 2019 -
The simplest way to do this is to clamp a spare 2x4 along the length of the plywood.
— Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2022 -
Those bolts clamp blades to the rotor and bear the stress of wind and motion.
— The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 27 Aug. 2022 -
The floating dock had been clamped onto the top of a groin wall.
— Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2019 -
The Apex has a skewer here, which is used to clamp the axle in place.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2023 -
The wheel or disc is clamped between two flanges, one on the front of the wheel and one behind it.
— Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Both the model and the cartoon bomb had gas masks clamped around their faces.
— Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019 -
Place the rafter on sawhorses and clamp it firmly in place.
— George Retseck, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2020 -
His body had clamped up the moment the green liquid touched his tongue.
— Wesley Snipes, The Root, 27 May 2018 -
She was pulled from the car with Enzo’s mouth clamped on her left leg.
— Barbara Boyer, Philly.com, 26 Apr. 2018 -
Place the shelf between the two sides and clamp the three together.
— Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2018 -
And one to clamp the forceps and extract the sought-after tooth.
— Cristela Guerra, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018 -
Just clamp your hair and click the arrow pointing away from your face and boom!
— Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 26 Dec. 2022 -
Macron, who sat coiled on the edge of his seat with one hand clamped firmly on his knee, replied.
— BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2019 -
Spread the patty with beans, toss a handful or two of Fritos on, and clamp the crown bun down.
— San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2018 -
Others clamp them together or put the heart and lungs in a jar.
— Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2023 -
Clamp the line spooler to a table, chair back, or workbench and insert the filler spool in the clamp.
— Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Since the rails are narrow, clamp a second board to the workpiece to help support the router base.
— Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2021 -
Take a clothes hanger from the closet – the one with the clips – and clamp both sides of the curtains together.
— Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2022 -
Measure up 5 1⁄2 inches from the bottom of the sides and mark a line across the panels, then clamp a square on the line.
— Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2021 -
Glue and clamp together groups of three or four strips.
— Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2020 -
Then clamp the elbow in a vise, and secure the connections with a wrench on the valve's facets.
— Joe Kohl-Riggs, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023 -
It’s designed to clamp onto the bedframe or slide between the boxspring and mattress to provide nearby space for everything from phones to snacks.
— Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023 -
The Duck River Darter Snapper—a member of a genus that has already lost most of its species to extinction—lures and then clamps its shell shut on the head of a hapless fish, inoculating it with larvae.
— Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
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