balsa

Example Sentences

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Mindy, who takes to a balsa Hobie as easily as Carol once did, has bigger plans.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

The roomy interior was cooled by dry ice, with a single headlamp and a crush zone of balsa wood installed in front.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2022

He laid out the physics hurdles of such an epic voyage and even crafted a prototype spacecraft from poster board, balsa wood, and Elmer’s glue.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 27, 2022

"My mother gave me her grandfather's hammer and some nails and I had some very soft wood called balsa wood so I'd hammer nails into it and make sculptures," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2022

“Balsa wood? What are the mess halls going to do with balsa wood?”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller