How to Use pipe cleaner in a Sentence
pipe cleaner
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Use the pipe cleaner piece to fit the mask snugly around your nose and cheeks.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2020
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Trim into the shape of a fish’s tail, and cinch with twine or pipe cleaner to hold the shape.
—Ruth A. Musgrave, National Geographic, 1 July 2020
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Use a pipe cleaner to clear these holes out, and keep the car’s nooks and crannies dry.
—Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023
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Take one pipe cleaner, set the egg in the middle, and twist the two ends together at the top of the egg.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
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Attach one end of a pipe cleaner to the top center of the egg with a small dot of hot glue and let dry.
—Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 13 Feb. 2023
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Use a pipe cleaner dipped in bleach solution to clean each one of the slots.
—Amanda Lauren, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2023
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Fold the fourth pipe cleaner in half and add a small curve to create the antennae.
—ExpressNews.com, 28 Aug. 2020
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Curl green pipe cleaners to form tendrils and wrap around the handle.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
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Among them: Hot dogs, string cheese, spray cheese and cats toys, such as fuzzy mice, pom poms, and pipe cleaners.
—Robert Higgs, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2019
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Adding a wire to your homemade mask is easy as pie; slip a length of pipe cleaner into the top seam.
—Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2020
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Pull pipe cleaner through holes and tie ends together with two loose knots to close the doors.
—Kris Coronado, Washington Post, 19 June 2019
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Next, Nye puts on a homemade face mask made out of two layers of cloth and a pipe cleaner.
—Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 10 July 2020
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Cut eight 1- to 2-inch lengths of black pipe cleaner and glue to the back of the button with hot glue with four on each side; shape into legs.
—Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 18 July 2022
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Agus explained that glyphosate emerged in the 1960s as a pipe cleaner, and then started being used as a weed killer.
—Victoria Albert, CBS News, 13 June 2019
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The big cat showed up on trail-camera footage looking gaunt, his tail as thin as a pipe cleaner.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
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Finish by gluing on a pom-pom nose and pipe cleaner whiskers.
—The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 1 Mar. 2021
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This set is on sale for about $3 off its usual price and comes with a pipe cleaner for cleaning, which rules.
—Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2019
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Easter Egg Tip: To prevent the pipe cleaner from slipping off the egg, secure with a dab of glue at the top and bottom.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
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Fold the 3-inch section of pipe cleaner down over the yarn, slide everything off the fork, and wrap the two pieces of pipe cleaner together.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 24 June 2023
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Stringing Beads Your 1-year-old can string beads on a thick lanyard or pipe cleaners, as long as the beads aren’t small enough to present a choking hazard.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023
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Others were bending pipe cleaners or paper clips to make a bridge over wearers’ noses.
—David Enrich, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020
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Using a biodegradable, non-corrosive pipe cleaner once a month can help keep the bathroom sink drain clean.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2022
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Long, squiggly strands of pipe cleaners meant to depict hair extended from the face’s top left corner, while an earring hung from the right ear.
—F. Amanda Tugade, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
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Using green floral wire, wrap the eucalyptus around the soft pipe cleaner and floral wire base.
—Mark Kintzel, Good Housekeeping, 18 Sep. 2017
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About two years after arriving in the park, P-22 appeared on trail-camera footage looking gaunt, his tail as thin as a pipe cleaner.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2022
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The works are on show together for the very first time and include a series of the artist’s pipe cleaner animals and examples of his colour chart series.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
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Following the video, above, first, completely wrap your floral stem wire with green pipe cleaners.
—Mark Kintzel, Good Housekeeping, 18 Sep. 2017
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As part of the class, the Scouts and other students used recycled materials, pipe cleaners and markers to create bug crafts to take home.
—Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 May 2018
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Remove and Prevent Odors Using a biodegradable, non-corrosive pipe cleaner once a month can help keep the bathroom sink drain clean.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023
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Secure the pipe cleaner with hot glue and trim any excess using cutting pliers ($5, Walmart).
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2021
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