Sentence examples for patching the hole from inspiring English sources

He sets about patching the hole in his boat, pasting large strips of plastic over the opening, caulking the edges — making his yacht seaworthy.

He sets about patching the hole in his boat, pasting large strips of plastic over the opening, caulking the edges making his yacht seaworthy.

After a plumber had repaired a broken pipe in Dominick's bedroom, the Hausslers worked late into the night patching the hole with drywall.

After patching the hole around the valve cover with asphalt, they sprinkled sand on top, like ground walnuts on a pastry.

Initially Redford - whose character's name is never revealed - appears to cope quite well with the crisis: methodically cutting his boat free, patching the hole, and pumping out the water.

Lieutenant Dudley said that much of the recovery crew's effort had gone into pumping water out of flooded compartments, and to investigating ways of patching the hole caused by the blast, part of which was below the waterline.

Officials spent some of their time patching the holes, and the grounds crew tried halftime maintenance.

Patching the holes could easily cost billions of dollars.

There are people here who love her, who have been mending the tatters and patching the holes without the help of a government in chaos.

Will society settle for patching the holes in the earth and in morality that the scramble for resources brings?

Congress proceeded to embark on the Great Society, patching the holes left in Roosevelt's New Deal.