Sentence examples for a rag around the from inspiring English sources

You may want to wrap a rag around the pliers first so that they don't slip on the metal and to protect the metal from scratches.

A slip nut connection is designed for removal by hand but if you can't get it off by hand, you may want to wrap a rag around the nut and gently turn the nut with your channel locks, so that the slip nut doesn't get damaged.

This welcome, ragged-around-the-edges feel adds a charm that is often missing from slicker, more special-effects-laden shows.

Tie a rag around your wrist when you remove the oil plug.

Ms. Gomez strapped a rag around his heel, tugging it from side to side, and then whipped it against the shoe's now-brilliant leather.

It seemed too skinny, so I wrapped a rag around its middle and played with it.

Just wrap a rag around your finger, he said, then "put a little bit of Hellmann's on top of that, and gently massage it into the ring.

"I like it; I just keep a rag around my head to keep cool," Mr. O'Donovan said, smiling in gentle disagreement when it is suggested that his job is so hot and backbreaking that he must be counting the hours until the most taxing thing he'll lift is a Lit 101 text.

Imagine a situation where you cannot close your eyelids and you are forced to tie a rag around your eyes whenever you want to fall asleep.

Turn the pedals to move the chain round and, holding a wet soapy rag around the chain on the rear derailleur, give it a good wash down.

* To clean an overhead bypass door track, spray household cleaner on a terry cloth rag, wrap the rag around the tip of a screwdriver and rub the padded tip along the track.