sticky tape

Example Sentences

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He wrapped the pieces of Covid mask as tight as he could with sticky tape hoarded from the factory and tried to swallow the egg-sized bundle without the guards seeing.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

He bought the propeller and remote control in a shop, but constructed the body, wings, tail and fin from pieces of recycled styrofoam gathered in dump sites and held together with sticky tape.

From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2023

With “Satyagraha,” which we first did in 2007, it was big-scale spectacle, but using humble materials: sticky tape, newspaper — building those into large-scale puppetry.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

If the paper keeps its shape after being crumpled, it can go in the recycling, and there's no need to remove sticky tape.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2022

Then she found a roll of sticky tape, and she tore off several strips of tape and hung them in a row on the edge of the desk.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston