How to Use cork in a Sentence
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The cork cabinet has a small door that opens on the side of the unit.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
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Once the cork is exposed, simply place the corkscrew over the cork, and pull the lever up.
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
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The Champagne exits through the neck and collects in the ring that once held the cork.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2022
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Some soles, such as those made of cork, contour to the shape of your foot.
—Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 13 Apr. 2023
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When done right, cork fabrics and cork leathers hit all the right notes.
—Gabriella Sotelo, Treehugger, 24 Aug. 2023
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Take a cork and drop it in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Feb. 2023
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Your soles will make their home in the comfort of the cork footbeds, and the rest of your feet will be breathing easy.
—Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023
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The top is covered by a cork lid with a small hole for tossing in dirty clothes.
—Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2023
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With just a click of a button, your cork will be popped in seconds.
—Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
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Pour shots into test tubes, leaving space at the top for the test cube cork.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2023
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Even just the sound of a cork popping can enliven a room.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2022
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The sound of the cork releasing from the bottle should be more of a sigh than cannon fire.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2022
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What matters, at least for now, are the hands fastening the cork.
—Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
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To make the place cards, cut feathers from paper and use a glue gun to attach them to a wine cork.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
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To make the place card, cut feathers from paper, and use a glue gun to attach them to a wine cork.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023
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The script said my character puts a bottle of wine in a shoe and hits it against the wall until the cork pops out.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
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Then hold the opener above your hand and press the up arrow until the cork drops into your hand or the garbage.
—Maren Estrada, BGR, 6 Oct. 2022
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The cork-style sole is similar to the sole on Birkenstock’s other shoes.
—Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2023
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Ivan takes it upon himself to join the workers and learn how to strip the bark from the cork trees that now belong to them.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Sep. 2022
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Attach six 5 ½-inch pieces of ribbon in a lattice pattern to the cork with hot-glue.
—Blair Donovan, Country Living, 30 Sep. 2022
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And wedging a cork back into a wine bottle will only trap the air that’s in there.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 4 Aug. 2023
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For your vegan friends, the Q2 features trim and tags in cork instead of leather.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2022
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The bottles also come with cork stoppers that will keep the contents fresh.
—Theresa Johnson, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
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From rubber and foam to cork and turf, here are the best flooring options for your at-home workouts.
—Melanie Gibson, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022
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Older, crumbling corks stand no chance against the Durand.
—Hannah Selinger, wsj.com, 29 Sep. 2023
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The person opening a bottle should keep the cork covered with a hand or finger at all times.
—Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2022
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Purchase plain cork coasters, or cut squares from a sheet of thin cork and help the kids decorate them with acrylic paint.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2023
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This keeps the cork from popping open and helps lock the bottle’s stainless-steel mechanism.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2022
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The cork also absorbs moisture, which both extends the life of your produce and helps keep fruit flies at bay.
—Anne Cruz, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2023
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Beef and pork meatloaf coated in mashed potatoes formed a locomotive with a wine cork chimney and biscuit wheels on jerky tracks.
—The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
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All of Belle's bats (at least on that trip) were corked.
—Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 4 May 2018
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Wine is also available to drink at the bar with a corking fee.
—Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2017
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Fielding, a cloud over his head, is assigned to cork the leak.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2021
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Allee corked a home run over the left-field fence — the ninth Norco player to hit a home run this season — to lead off the top of the seventh.
—Steve Galluzzo, latimes.com, 3 June 2017
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Over the past two decades, no team has kept champagne bottles corked like the Indians.
—Tom Verducci, SI.com, 10 Oct. 2017
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In 1994, Belle was banned from seven games after he was caught using a corked bat.
—Nicole Hensley, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
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If discharge still feels excessive, don't just cork it; go to your doctor to get checked out.
—Ashley Oerman, Cosmopolitan, 30 Apr. 2015
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An open bottle of Champagne has the lifespan of a mayfly: Unlike red or white wine, there’s no corking it and saving it for cooking.
—Alexandra Kleeman, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
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All of the bottles are corked, and two layers of rubber are added to prevent saltwater from leaking in—and wine from leaking out.
—Avery Matera, SELF, 19 July 2017
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Slightly less than a year later, he was ejected from a game after umpires found his broken bat to be corked.
—Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
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Skipping the bottle means skipping the corkscrew—and the possibility of cardboardy corked vino.
—Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Maybe players didn’t want to pop amphetamines, cork their bats, scuff up the baseballs or take steroids, but these were trends, producing great results.
—Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020
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Once upended, the sediment falls into the neck of the bottle, which is then briefly frozen so when the cap is removed the frozen plug of sediment is expelled by the carbonation of the wine; the bottle is then corked.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 5 May 2020
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For example, a wine that’s corked is often said to smell like a damp basement or wet dog, while a wine that’s too old is generally described as dusty and dried out, all tannin, no fruit.
—Lettie Teague, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
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Stacked in neat piles beneath the remnants of the 19th-century building’s stairs were several hundred bottles, some still corked and full of sloshing fluid.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2020
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Throughout the night, Champagne corks flew across the room, and a palpable buzz grew in anticipation of a top-secret musical act, which around midnight was revealed to be none other than Travis Scott.
—Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2018
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Gramona’s tour also includes a look at the shiny new machinery that allows for methode Champenoise, and a deep dive into cava caves named for different females of a family that has made Spanish sparkling since 1850 — and still corks bottles by hand.
—Mark C. Anderson, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2017
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Ruby is gripped with fear every time fireworks go off or when a bottle is corked open, essentially whenever anything sounds like gunshots—making the season’s opening New Year’s Eve party particularly difficult for him.
—Candice Frederick, Teen Vogue, 3 Apr. 2019
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All of Belle's bats (at least on that trip) were corked.
—Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 4 May 2018
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Wine is also available to drink at the bar with a corking fee.
—Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2017
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Fielding, a cloud over his head, is assigned to cork the leak.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2021
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Allee corked a home run over the left-field fence — the ninth Norco player to hit a home run this season — to lead off the top of the seventh.
—Steve Galluzzo, latimes.com, 3 June 2017
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Over the past two decades, no team has kept champagne bottles corked like the Indians.
—Tom Verducci, SI.com, 10 Oct. 2017
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In 1994, Belle was banned from seven games after he was caught using a corked bat.
—Nicole Hensley, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
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If discharge still feels excessive, don't just cork it; go to your doctor to get checked out.
—Ashley Oerman, Cosmopolitan, 30 Apr. 2015
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An open bottle of Champagne has the lifespan of a mayfly: Unlike red or white wine, there’s no corking it and saving it for cooking.
—Alexandra Kleeman, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
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All of the bottles are corked, and two layers of rubber are added to prevent saltwater from leaking in—and wine from leaking out.
—Avery Matera, SELF, 19 July 2017
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Slightly less than a year later, he was ejected from a game after umpires found his broken bat to be corked.
—Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
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Skipping the bottle means skipping the corkscrew—and the possibility of cardboardy corked vino.
—Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Maybe players didn’t want to pop amphetamines, cork their bats, scuff up the baseballs or take steroids, but these were trends, producing great results.
—Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020
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