How to Use cylindrical in a Sentence

cylindrical

adjective

• Cartridge filters use large cylindrical cartridges to screen out dirt.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2020
• Some are wrinkled and folded like a brain, others cylindrical and hollow like a chimney.
  — Popular Science, 8 Sep. 2020
• Video footage shows David with his hand around a dark, cylindrical object on his right hip while in the doorway during the chaos.
  — Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2020
• Its nickname derived from the airtight cylindrical tank that enclosed the patient’s body.
  — Bradley M. Wertheim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
• The cylindrical satellite—resembling an old-fashioned boiler—was designed to work for less than two years.
  — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020
• The one cylindrical car slowly whooshed along with just 1.5 inches of clearance between it and the tunnel walls.
  — Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2020
• The actor was accidentally stabbed in the neck with a cylindrical light bulb during the match with Nick Gage.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• By the 14th century, pileus caps were becoming taller and more cylindrical, similar to a modern chef’s hat but shorter.
  — National Geographic, 11 June 2020
• This is the ideal held in view in the many cylindrical, cigar-shaped, and other elongated and pointed gas bags with which the modern student of this subject is familiar.
  — Victor Lougheed, Popular Mechanics, 13 Aug. 2020
• The cylindrical power generator would be about 65 feet tall and 9 feet in diameter.
  — Will Wade, Bloomberg.com, 31 Aug. 2020
• Circular cross-sections can be seen near plant cells under a microscope, but Innes wants to confirm that these shapes are exosome spheres, and not just cylindrical tubes.
  — Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
• Burr grinders are better than blade grinders since the burrs’ cylindrical surfaces crush beans into a uniform size, according to Consumer Reports.
  — oregonlive, 23 June 2020
• Foam rollers, cylindrical rollers made of soft but sturdy foam, can help increase muscle circulation while improving flexibility.
  — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2024
• The result is a lot of indestructible Triso fuel particles that are next pressed by the tens of thousands into cylindrical or spherical fuel pellets.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 30 June 2020
• The contours of the reef give the wave its famous cylindrical shape.
  — Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2022
• The PaMu Scroll buds had a cylindrical charge case with a leather flap for a lid.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Bricks began to lift and dizzy around the cylindrical walls.
  — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
• The cylindrical filter is closed on one end and open on the other.
  — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2021
• For the tray, the Cheese Gal got a cylindrical option on Amazon.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2023
• Most are cylindrical, long, and mainly made of foam (of course).
  — Julie Laing, Health, 23 Mar. 2023
• The vase has a spherical body and a long cylindrical neck.
  — CNN, 4 Oct. 2022
• The mills are so beloved that there's a sculpture called the Cruz de Piedra a block from Mamá Pacha that's made with those cylindrical stones.
  — Joe Ray, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022
• The drops come in white, cylindrical bottles with eye-dropper caps and a white lid.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2023
• Two of them had a cylindrical shape while the third was spherical.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
• The object, a large black cylindrical item, is about as long as a wood pallet.
  — oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2021
• The Sub Mini would be smaller and have a cylindrical shape.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022
• The difference is the cylindrical shape which gives more room for the audio to form inside.
  — Jason Cipriani, CNN Underscored, 18 Nov. 2020
• As the sounds turn to white noise, the eyes spot the rows of cylindrical tanks arranged symmetrically across the room.
  — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2021
• The brush has an oval, cylindrical shape that smooths hair and can glide through even coarse hair without pulling or tugging.
  — Dori Price, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2023
• This cylindrical object, a few inches in size, fell through the roof of Alejandro Otero's home in Florida in March.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024