8 sentences with 'rubber'
Example sentences and phrases with the word rubber and other words derived from it.
• « I had to lie on a waterproof rubber mat and cover myself with another, put the catheter bag on the floor where no one could step on it, and raise my legs, after sprinkling them with baby powder and putting on special socks to prevent an embolism, on hard pillows. »
• « By the way, it's not the rubber on the tires, as many people believe, that provides protection; lightning that has traveled 20 miles through the air is not going to be stopped by a few inches of rubber. »
• « These advances created a huge demand for the raw materials - rubber, minerals, cotton - that were components of the new technologies. »
• « No attempt was made to develop in Congo in any way that was not directly related to the business of ivory and rubber tapping. In a period of 25 years, the population of the region was halved. »
• « Second, colonial regimes expropriated raw materials such as rubber, which was usually shipped to Europe to be processed into finished products. »
• « When the specialist separated the part that covered the nostril, the 12-metre-long whale suddenly made a leap that almost capsized the rubber boat, which was only 4.5 metres long. Then, also suddenly, the whale calmed down and the specialist resumed his work. »
• « How long had he been trapped there? Without his watch, he had no idea. He peed for perhaps the twentieth time, then put on his rubber diving suit to protect himself from the cold. »
• « The diver poked his head out of the surface of the water... and saw a man in a wet rubber suit, staring at him with glassy, wild eyes, crawling towards him on all fours over the rocks. The sight startled him. It was the lost diver! He was alive! »