How to Use attachment in a Sentence

attachment

noun
  • I need a longer attachment for the drill.
  • I'll send the document as an attachment to my next e-mail.
  • The vacuum cleaner attachments help clean in tight spaces.
  • The attachment was a picture of two shiny bullets in the palm of a hand.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Bonus points for the nose hair attachment to round it out.
    Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
  • Don’t click on links and attachments—if there is a doubt, then there is no doubt.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Scrape any dough from the paddle attachment back to the bowl, then fit the mixer with the dough hook and knead for 2 minutes.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Anyone who’s butchered a deer knows that a deer’s front legs do not sport the ball-and-socket attachment of the rear legs.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Most tents will have a center pocket or attachment point to allow for the use of a lantern.
    Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The Extreme Max converts to a hand vac in a few moments and comes with three attachments.
    Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Transfer the cream cheese mixture to a large clean bowl and switch stand mixer to whisk attachment.
    Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Pop on the round brush attachment and see results in minutes.
    Samantha Olson, seventeen.com, 1 June 2023
  • These days, a large email attachment is pretty good, too.
    Nate Jones, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Pour it into the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment.
    Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The set includes a crane with two attachments, and the container is the construction yard.
    Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Our experts were fans of the Vybe Pro with its nine different speeds and eight head attachments.
    Amy Schlinger, wsj.com, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Step 4 Meanwhile, make the dough: To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, sugar, and salt.
    Yi Jun Loh, Saveur, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Actor Robert Reed, who played dad Mike Brady, didn’t like the look of the attachment and insisted that the crew run the train empty one time as a test.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The attachment comes with a food pusher that can handle small and large fruits and vegetables or blocks of cheese that are cut to size.
    Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The speedy, high-power gadget is compact to fit in any bag, and comes with three attachments to cater to all of your fabric needs.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
  • KitchenAid’s shave ice attachment Recipe TikTok has had a time with this gadget.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 July 2023
  • The device is easily installed by sticking the durable pad to the back of your phone, and simply clipping the lanyard to a ring at the base of the attachment.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Using a Kreg pocket hole jig with the micro attachment in place, drill two pocket holes on the back side of each end of each rail.
    Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • At the end of last month, Dolores and Joe Rizzotti sent me an email that contained an attachment.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Always start by detaching the hose from the water source as well as any head attachments.
    Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • Make dough: Add eggs, flour, and salt to stand mixer bowl; fit mixer with dough hook attachment, and place bowl on mixer.
    Laura Kanya, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • This attachment to the idea of home was peculiar given the actual home in which Schulz was raised.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • And that's saying something for an item which has pieces (like the blending blade attachment) which cannot be washed in the dishwasher.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 3 June 2023
  • Switch to the dough hook attachment and knead on medium speed until smooth and elastic, 5–7 minutes.
    Leah Koenig, Saveur, 20 Sep. 2023
  • These attachments cause an abnormal stretching of the spinal cord.
    Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023

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