adhesive

In a sentence

Six example sentences with adhesive, each labelled with its topic.

• The new film is adhesive enough to hold a phone to a dashboard yet peels away without leaving residue.

  Technology

• Archivists avoid adhesive corners, since anything sticky eventually yellows and pulls fibers from the back of a print.

  Photography

• Gecko toes are adhesive without glue, relying on millions of tiny hairs that grip at a molecular scale.

  Science

• The bandage's adhesive edge holds even on damp skin, yet lifts cleanly when the cut is checked each morning.

  Medicine

• Collage artists prefer paper that is only mildly adhesive, so a scrap can be repositioned before the glue sets.

  Art

• The roofing membrane is adhesive on one side, and crews peel the backing and roll it flat across the deck.

  Architecture

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