gasket

Example Sentences

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Hearts blew a gasket in trying to get level; their intensity and desire to score was so palpable that you could reach out and touch it.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

"A lot of energy systems, power plants have rubber parts. Everybody's had a garden hose that started leaking because a rubber gasket failed. Now imagine that happening in a power plant or a chemical plant."

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

On the Alto K98M, that click-clackiness is muffled by a rubbery internal gasket surrounding the keys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Another was out of service due to a blown head gasket.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

I dodge him easy and start laughing, sure he's gonna blow a whole gasket and start losing all the shit he just bought all over the sidewalk so he can come and get me.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon