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

Make sure to remove ribbons, bows, batteries, sticky tape and other accessories before putting things in the recycling bin.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

It could be said that without sticky tape there would be no such thing as biocontainment.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston