Example sentences for: bungee

How can you use “bungee” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The captions of such photographs often refer to this as a bungee launch . While this does not help with the question of the source of the word, it goes further to indicate that bungee did not originate with the current fad.

  • ..always in the combination bungee cord . ...

  • The whole pile is tied down with a variety of bungee cords, giving my Honda an appearance not unlike an updated version of the Joad family vehicle in Grapes of Wrath .

  • Prior to World War II, light aircraft, such as the Piper Cub, used the material, referred to as shock cord or bungee cord , for the landing-gear spring.

  • [ The dozen or so American and British dictionaries I checked are silent on the origin of bungee; though The Australian National Dictionary suggests that it is related to bungle `India rubber; an eraser,' neither is given an etymology.


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