Sentence examples for plastic from inspiring English sources

"plastic" is a correct and usable word in written English
It can be used as an adjective, noun, or verb. For example: The plastic cups provided at the party were a big hit with the guests.

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plastic

adjective

Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.

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"Eventually we got water in plastic containers, which we are passing around the carriage.

And the effects of his plastic surgery are not improving with time.

Walmart was cited for achieving its commitment to reduce packaging across its global supply chain by 5%, and for its goal of increasing its use of postconsumer recycled plastic in products and packaging by 3bn lbs by 2020.

Puppets would be made from available materials, such as old clothes or plastic and the messages presented during public events organised by the young people benefiting from Connecting Classrooms.

We have become suspicious: of their mawkish advertising, of their treatment of farmers, of their desperate bids to package up things that really don't need packaging up at all (I mean this literally and metaphorically, versions of "restaurant-style" dishes being every bit as phoney and wasteful as apples wrapped in too much plastic).

Students at City University in London are now banned from wearing any kind of wristwatch in exams, those at Southampton must place all watches in a clear plastic bag on the desk, while at Goldsmiths watches have to be stored under desks.

"All our passports and money got wet by the time we reached the plastic boats.

Today at lunch retired US ambassador Frances Cook, who we knew in 1972 when she served in the consulate in Sydney, apologised for slight bruises under her eyes: she and everyone in politics, she explains, have plastic surgery – navy secretaries, congressmen, senators take cosmetic-surgery holidays in Thailand or South Africa.

Then cover the whole lot with a plastic cloche to keep off the rain.

The agency, which works to reduce food waste and plastic bag use, has already been gutted, with its budget reduced to £17.9m in 2014, down from £37.7m in 2011.

Equally, you could wear Crocs and a plastic digital watch.

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