FUNNEL in a Sentence

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Example sentences for FUNNEL, such as:

1. I need a funnel to pour petrol into the tank.
2. He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel.
3. The last of the infantry hurriedly crossed the bridge, squeezing together as they approached it as if passing through a funnel.

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 Meanings and Examples of FUNNEL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
funnel
 n.  passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship or the like
Classic Sentence:
1  You must choose the pure oil and you must be careful when you pour it in not to overflow it, not to pour in more than the funnel can hold.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  The funnel projected through that roof, and in front of the funnel a small cabin built of light planks served for a pilot-house.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
3  The passer-by who got entangled from the Rue Saint-Denis in the Rue de la Chanvrerie beheld it gradually close in before him as though he had entered an elongated funnel.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION
4  The tunnel ended like the interior of a funnel; a faulty construction, imitated from the wickets of penitentiaries, logical in a prison, illogical in a sewer, and which has since been corrected.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES T...
5  The last of the infantry hurriedly crossed the bridge, squeezing together as they approached it as if passing through a funnel.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence:
1  I need a funnel to pour petrol into the tank.
2  It was 18 months ago when the powerful US congressional committee blew the lid on Apple's aggressive corporate tax structure, which allowed it to funnel $US44 billion dollars out of the country through a network of tax haven subsidiaries.
3  He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel.