Example sentences for: cork

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

  • Portugal is the world’s leading producer of cork.

  • striptiz uotur striptease water, a curious reference to maladroit, foolish individuals; kretenozavur cretinosaurus; boiler one whose head is full of bubbling hot water; sifon siphon, one whose head is like an empty tube; bushón fuse, from French bouchon cork; diaria diarrhea; loko from Spanish loco; galosh as in galoshes; kashón crate, from Italian cassone; lainer ocean liner, a pun on the Bulgarian word lainó scum.

  • Another one of his sommelier numbers, in which he removes a candidate's cork and sniffs it in full view of the electorate.

  • Abandoned as a convent in the 19th century and then put to improbable use as a cork factory, it has now been beautifully restored as a museum devoted to archaeology, the Museu Arqueológico Infante Dom Henrique.

  • The rite is liberating but also frightening: Remove a cork from a bottle so pressurized, and the contents are apt to explode.


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