hole - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • drill: Reg drilled the pilot hole for the blade first.
  • dig: Having found the best location, start digging a hole about 4 feet in diameter.
  • gape: And slip through the gaping holes in the US health system.
  • punch: The Cubans stepped on the gas and started to punch holes in the defenses.
  • fill: Sadly, the only solution is to use car body filler to fill the hole.
  • plug: Equally, if you were never quite clear on some of the basics, this could plug that hole in your knowledge.

Adjective modifier

  • black: Monk is an equally ominous figure, seeming to absorb light like a black hole in space.
  • supermassive: The precise geometry and details of an X-ray producing region around a supermassive black hole are not known.
  • circular: Directly overhead was a circular hole in the dome.
  • tiny: There is even a tiny hole for the Reset button.
  • macular: Summary: A macular hole affects the retina, causing problems with central vision.

Modifies a noun

  • golf: Golf The world class 18 hole golf courses in Méribel, just 5 minutes drive from the chalet.
  • drilling: Updated good practice guide on measurement of residual stresses by the incremental hole drilling technique.
  • parkland: The 18 hole parkland course has well maintained greens and lush fairways.

Noun used with modifier

  • watering: Evening dinner offsite at various ' watering holes ' Entertainment evening - 10 pin bowling or cinema followed by course dinner.
  • pigeon: Do you dare Can you dare To pigeon hole me With the rest of common clay?
  • ozone: Satellite imagery gives a global perspective on the ozone hole.
  • bullet: A defense lawyer was asking him why no bullets or bullet holes had been found in the room.
  • bore: Things have changed, but who would guess that it all started with a bore hole.
  • bolt: Observers of celebrity crisis cringe at the pathetic attempts to seek a safe bolt hole.

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