flange

Example Sentences

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A 24-by-6-inch piece broke from the flange of one structural girder, Pihlstrom said.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

This contractor broke the seal between the toilet and the flange.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2023

While the flooring contractor’s intentions may have been good, he broke the all-important toilet gasket seal and buried the toilet flange with the new laminate flooring.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2023

To mitigate risk of contamination, glove-up, flip up the flange, and scrub off the slime with grease-cutting dish soap or other cleaning solution.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2022

The kestrel sailed into view and took up station, the black-edged flange of its tail bent down and its pointed wings beating rapidly as it searched the down below.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams