How to Use stud in a Sentence
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The walnuts add studs of crunch to the silky-smooth cake.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
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The gold stud placed in the center is a nice added touch.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
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Five studs keep the bottom of the bag safe from scuffs.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2023
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The clinic had to be stripped down to the studs and rebuilt over the next year.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
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Cutting the bolt, screw or stud to length can be tricky.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
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To top it off, the black rubber strap sports the same pyramid studs as the bezel.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
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This gets the screw through 1 inch of plaster wall and 2 inches deep into the stud.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023
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The two-way stud will not pitch at all in 2024 due to his second Tommy John surgery.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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According to the French house, the Hermès pyramid stud was first used on belts in the 1930s.
—elle.com, 4 Apr. 2023
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The star of this set isn’t the F1 car, with its round yellow stud implying the driver.
—Sal Vaglica, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2023
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The brackets are screwed into the wall studs, and the wires are threaded through the brackets and attached to the back of the mirror.
—Tabitha Britt, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
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The gems under her liner and above her lips gleamed as brightly as the studs in her ears.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 3 Oct. 2023
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The Spanish queen instead kept it to a pair of stud earrings and a silver ring.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 June 2023
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The dude is a bonafide stud coming off a unanimous Cy Young win.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
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Sadly, those short kings never stood a chance — not with this giant stud on the loose.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2024
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Bloom hustles, but he is guarded by a young stud who can dunk and block shots like Robert Williams.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
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Limit the number of carries by the stud running backs; 2.
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2023
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So Jason punched through it, missed the studs and went straight through both pieces of drywall into the bathroom.
—Christian D'andrea, The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2024
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Dassler did not invent the boots with changeable studs, as many believe.
—Ciarán Fahey, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2024
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The studs have cute confetti beading through Minnie’s face and ears and a shiny gold bow.
—Valerie Marino, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
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Once the position of the skirts are verified, they will be bolted down to the slab with four hold-down studs each.
—Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
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The unique square stud earrings have a post-back closure and come in eight beautiful hues.
—Deanna Pai, Peoplemag, 3 Dec. 2023
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Lego bricks are teaching kids Braille The iconic studs on the Lego bricks allow them to be stacked on top of each other.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2023
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To do this, attach angle brackets to both the bed and the wall, using a stud finder to locate studs.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
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Her diamond stud earrings and megawatt smile, of course.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 13 Sep. 2022
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Keep in Mind This piece must be secured to wall studs with anchor brackets to keep it secure.
—Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2023
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Satin black gloves and a pair of diamond stud earrings were the finishing touches to her look.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 1 Apr. 2024
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Just make sure the hooks are securely fastened into wall studs.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023
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At the Grammys this month she was seen in a cowboy hat and skirt suit that featured a collarless leather jacket decked in studs.
—USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
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The statement studs are plated in gold and covered in pavé rhinestones and small crystal candles.
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
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Food for the Gods Use your favorite gluten-free flour blend to make these thick bars studded with nuts and dates.
—Kari Sonde, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
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From the translucent shoes to the low-rise bell bottoms, to the belt, studded bag and bracelets — this outfit screams early 2000s.
—Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
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Yet from the mountains above came a mudslide studded with enormous rocks and trees.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
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Among the outfits is a sheer cutout catsuit studded with crystals.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
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The mutation altered the proteins that stud the surface of the coronavirus.
—Carl Zimmer, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2021
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Beneath the crystal globe, the minutes scale is studded with 36 diamonds, while 24 adorn the watch crown.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
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Trees and ferns flashed suddenly from the darkness, bathed in pink light, studded by the yellow-green glow of fireflies.
—Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
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The glorious edifices that stud the city’s fabric are one thing.
—Richard Pallardy, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2021
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More than a minute into the track, Iyer enters, studding spare piano notes into the fabric of the track.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
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Its original shape — soles studded with spikes, a round tip and a basket-weave top — has barely changed in decades.
—Elian Peltier Joao Silva, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
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Three months ago, the grotto looked like a desert rock formation studded with pink Chiclets.
—Elisabeth Egan Chase Castor, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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In front of the Bandles’ fish camp, the wood pilings of an old cannery still stud the beach, and the family has repurposed cannery refuse to suit its needs.
—Miranda Weiss, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021
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The beauty mogul accessorized her look with a pair of black leather gloves and a silver spike studded choker and wore a fake dagger on her hip.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
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Visitors who could once sprawl on wide stretches of sand near the pier must now compete for space on a narrow stretch studded with rocks.
—Jill Cowan Maggie Shannon, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
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Ablaze with bougainvillea, studded with blonde maisonettes, bathed in sea light, Oinoussai in pictures is another belle in the wine-dark East Aegean.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
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This shortcut approach makes quick, easy work of getting a hot bowl of broth studded with chicken, veggies, beans and greens on the table.
—Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
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After about an hour, a rocky shoreline studded with terns and gulls materialized out of the heavy fog.
—Maliya Ellis, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
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Dewey House's ample patio overlooks the Shores Pool and a sliver of public beach studded with loungers, corn-hole boards, palm trees, and chickens.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
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Dry, bready, and studded with tannic walnuts, these would make better chalkboard erasers than snacks.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2024
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Paint pinecones silver and stud them with gold embellishments for a metallic take on your Christmas door.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2022
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Insects are also crucial seed dispersers; many plants stud their seeds with tiny treats to entice ants to carry them off.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
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Valle held up a handmade straight razor whose handle was studded with plastic gems.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
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Outside Nogales, the land on the United States side of the border quickly turns rugged and remote, studded with ranches and wide-open public lands.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
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The cascading gold design is studded with rhinestones, and retails for just $27.90.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2023
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But the sleeper hit is the cinnamon raisin bagel, marbled with warm cinnamon and studded with sweet golden raisins.
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
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The piece is studded with smart observations about how the pandemic had evolved, and how our response to it developed as time went on.
—Stat Staff, STAT, 29 Dec. 2023
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Mango studded shoulder bag The tough attitude of studs meets the soft allure of a hobo bag in this perfectly cool design.
—Porter Simmons, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
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Readers who expect Evans to trace her career path in glittering detail, or stud the text with the names of famous people, will find little of that here.
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2020
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At the 66th ceremony, she was seen in a custom checkered Louis Vuitton leather studded skirt suit.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
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The brand’s calling card is basics with a twist: silver rings with chain-like forms, chains that look like nothing else on the market, forms studded with semi-precious stones like lapis lazuli and turquoise.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024
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