How to Use silicone rubber in a Sentence

silicone rubber

noun
  • The silicone rubber nubs on the bottom prevent sliding out of your shoe or bunching.
    Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2022
  • SoFi's back half is made of silicone rubber and flexible plastic, while the head, which holds all the electronics, is 3D-printed.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2018
  • What has the ability to move and show its colors, is made only of silicone rubber and manufactured at the millimeter scale?
    Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Crafted from copper, glass, and silicone rubber, this feeder is sturdy and built to withstand harsh weather.
    Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The first phase of the expansion would add plants to produce high-consistency silicone rubber and silicone sealants.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
  • Prototypes used a membrane of silicone rubber that allowed for the transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide and protected the blood.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The fingertips of the gloves were made from silicone rubber for sensitivity, according to the Air and Space Museum.
    Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
  • Enter silicone rubber — a substance found in bathroom caulk.
    Robin Erb, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2020
  • The interior of the tunnel was surrounded by plates made of silicone rubber and aluminum oxide powder.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 23 Jan. 2017
  • This putty-like substance sticks to most surfaces and molds into any shape before setting to durable, flexible silicone rubber.
    Ebony Roberts, Outside Online, 6 July 2022
  • Although the actors playing lions in the musical wear lightweight silicone rubber masks on their forehead so their faces aren’t obscured, the puppet for Puumba the warthog weighs 45 pounds.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2022
  • These are made from high quality silicone rubber and crafted with optimum thickness to absorb all noise.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 10 May 2021
  • These are made from high quality silicone rubber and crafted with optimum thickness to absorbs all noise.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 Apr. 2021
  • By creating an elastic sphere out of silicone rubber, his team improved on nature’s design.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2016
  • Hot Cooking Bands by Architec: 100% medical grade silicone rubber bands for cooking, so no twine needed.
    Karen Elizabeth Watts, Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • This is a device about the size of a thumb drive made of clear silicone rubber with two tiny hollow parallel channels cut into it that are separated by an even thinner porous membrane.
    Wendy Moonan, Smithsonian, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Nimble is a silicone rubber finger thimble in which a tiny ceramic blade is embedded.
    Judi Dash, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The model was grown inside of silicone rubber chips the size of a stick of gum, forming channels that were responsive to fluctuating estrogen levels and bacteria.
    Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Transcend uses a three-stage shock protection system, including a silicone rubber case, to protect your device from breaking.
    Leeron Hoory, Popular Science, 26 Sep. 2019
  • That gap often results from silicone rubber-skin robots such as CB2, a mechatronic baby built at Osaka University, that can seem creepy.
    IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The material is silicone rubber embedded with fiber mesh.
    Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Cini suggests covering them with clear silicone rubber. Kitchen.
    Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The team uses as a base a soft, flexible material (silicone rubber) embedded with ferromagnetic particles (a neodymium-iron-boron alloy) — little bits of stuff that react to magnetic fields.
    Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2018

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