How to Use pipe in a Sentence

pipe

1 of 2 noun
Definition of pipenext
Synonyms for pipenext
  • He has the pipes to sing on Broadway.
  • His wrists were tied to a pipe running along the ceiling.
    — James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The pipes in her basement that lead to Sulphur Run haven’t been sealed.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The pipe crushed his spine, and fragments of bone badly bruised his spinal cord.
    — Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
  • When ready to fill egg white halves, snip a corner of the zip-top plastic bag and pipe away.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 June 2023
  • The man has a rocket launcher for a leg and golden pipes for opera singing.
    — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Large gaps that were 3/8 inches in size were seen in the wall around sewer pipes near a hand sink.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Later, Theo heard the pipes groaning as Jane ran her bath.
    — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • There were no pipes at the same location Oct. 8, and the spit, or beach landform, could not be seen.
    — Peter Alexander, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Some cities with a lot of lead pipes might be given longer deadlines, the agency said.
    — CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Collado opened the door and shook Reilly to wake him, and then noticed the crack pipe in his hand.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • The small landslide damaged a large pipe near the Rambling Road roundabout.
    — Siena Duncan, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But before a firefighter could grab it, the fawn jumped back into the pipe.
    — Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • There were fires and a burst sewage pipe, forcing employees to wade through waste.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Lead pipes were often used to connect homes to the water main before they were banned in 1986.
    — Mira Cheng, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Yet that many homes was never enough to trigger the mandate to remove pipes.
    — Time, 9 July 2023
  • There is nothing to whip or pipe so you will be left with very little washing-up to do.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Place the vanilla frosting in a piping or Ziploc bag (with a hole cut out of the corner); pipe on lines and laces.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Jareth made for a most enchanting sorcerer, with a shock of blond hair and some out-of-this-world pipes.
    — Marc Bernardin, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Goblin gestured him over and pulled from the container a pipe wrapped in black tape and capped with a brass fitting and a fuse.
    — Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • James sent his brother 60 images to carve onto the pipes and Tom narrowed those down to six.
    — Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • That translates into about 1,400 miles of water main pipes throughout the city.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Mario, on the other hand, is on an isekai adventure and barely knows his head from his pipe.
    — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The carving was broken, with the second fragment being shaped like a pipe.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The goal is to seal any exterior openings and close any pipes that might freeze when met with frosty temps.
    — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The team also found toilets and drainage pipes, and the placement of the pipes suggests the original structure had up to four floors.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Below the hairline, pipe 2 circles for eyes and 2 lines for eyebrows.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
  • At some moments, Collins’ efforts to hold truth to power seemed akin to trying to stop a burst sewage pipe with a wine cork.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • Her mother was dead—an iron pipe in her back—and so were Raba’s father and her siblings.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Police eventually took the toilet from Watts’s home and found a 15-ounce fetus lodged in the pipe.
    — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
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pipe

2 of 2 verb
  • The pipers piped while the drummers drummed.
  • The musician piped a tune.
  • Pipe the catch basin to a nearby floor drain with 1-in. pipe.
    — Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2021
  • The fruit is chopped, the bacon is sizzling, and the omelettes are piping hot.
    — Brittany Leitner, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The fries must be piping hot to melt the cheese — crispy, but not overdone.
    — Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2023
  • My plan was to scoop the dough for a half dozen puffs and use a pastry bag to pipe the rest.
    — Daniel Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2020
  • Inside, the music piped through the speakers, filling the shop with beats and lyrics.
    — Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 1 July 2023
  • Snip off one corner of the bag; squeeze the bag to pipe the filling over the noodles in the baking dish.
    — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2023
  • By the time the choir and falsettoed harmonies pipe in, don't expect things to settle.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Finally, use white frosting to pipe two tiny whiskers on each side of the nose.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Nigeria would pipe in wet gas at no cost to the company.
    — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Then pipe small dots inside the shape to resemble snow.
    — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • And from the beginning, the store taught customers how to pipe on their piccolos.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Both feature built-in audio solutions that pipe out of the straps.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Snip a 1/2-inch opening off one corner of the bag; pipe the frosting on top of each cookie to form ghosts.
    — Redbook Test Kitchen, Redbook, 19 Sep. 2018
  • Spread or pipe the mixture on top of the baked souffle and place under the oven broiler until the meringue is brown and toasty.
    — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Spoon or pipe about a tablespoon of the filling into each egg white half.
    — Bonnie S. Benwick, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Use toothpick to score message into top of cake, then pipe over lines.
    — Anna Helm Baxter, Woman's Day, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Pour the batter into a piping bag and pipe the batter into the donut pan until 3/4 of the way full.
    — Dana Holmes, CNN Underscored, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Louise noted of the sweet treat, which had been piped with the words ‘Happy Birthday Momma’ in chocolate.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Ironton’s water is piped from upstream, and like New Orleans, the salt did not reach it this fall.
    — Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • There was plenty of fresh juice, beer and wine, of course, along with piping hot coffee and tea each morning.
    — Owen Clarke, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2023
  • If desired, outfit a pastry bag with a star tube and pipe the cream around the top in a fancy pattern.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 25 May 2021
  • To make the ears, cut a mini marshmallow in half and pipe a small square of pink icing onto each half.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Spoon or pipe a tablespoon of the filling into each egg white half.
    — Bonnie S. Benwick, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Future plans may extend the outfall pipe some 50 feet toward the water's edge to reduce the area of the channel.
    — Fox News, 17 June 2020
  • Flip half of cookies upside down and pipe a layer of filling onto bottoms all the way to (or very close) to the edge.
    — Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Instead of fans in the stands, the Olympic Broadcasting Services will pipe in recordings of cheering crowds.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2021
  • The home was constructed by using 46-foot-wide robotic printers that pipe out the shape of the walls with a concrete mix called Lavacrete.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • The project could include a sand-bypass system to pipe sand over or around the Camp Pendleton and Oceanside harbors.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2022

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