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How to use rim in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Rim means an edge around something, especially when circular. Example: “Palm trees rim the beach.”

Examples of rim by meaning

nounAn edge around something, especially when circular.

  • We're beyond the rim.2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Master Chief (Steve Downes), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark

nounA wheelrim.

  • About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36

nounA semicircular copydesk.

  • Will travel for good rim job on large paper.1953 September 26, Editor & Publisher 1953-09-26: Vol 86 Iss 40
  • On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity.2009, Gaylon Eugene Murray, Effective Editing, page 7

verbTo follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.

  • Palm trees rim the beach.
  • A walking path rims the island.

verbTo roll around a rim.

  • The golf ball rimmed the cup.

More sentences with rim

  • The rope has frayed where it bears on the rim of the wheel.From the entry bear
  • The lava bubbled up and over the rim of the crater.From the entry over
  • The petaled rim of the sunflower glowed in the morning sunlight.From the entry petaled
  • The petalled rim of the sunflower glowed in the morning sunlight.From the entry petalled
  • That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!From the entry stupid
  • Plain morions with riveted rims, none of your apprentice piece Spanish combs.2018, Nicholas Carter, Black Tom's Red Army, Canelo, →ISBN. From the entry lobster pot
  • It was like someone running their fingers along the rim of a glass.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “The Smell of Old Books”, in Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books…. From the entry ear-achingly
  • Pengyang County is on the rim of the south of Ningxia's Hui Autonomous Region.2016, Lili Xun, “Intra-county Migration in Ningxia—A Case Study of Pengyang County and Xiji County”, in Ecological Migration, Development…. From the entry Pengyang
  • You're weird, David,” she said, biting the rim of her glass.2015 February 24, James Goss, Haterz, Solaris, →ISBN. From the entry fascisty
  • Nothing beats outside basketball with a gripless rubber ball, a chain net, and a bent rim.2014, Mike Westveer, Growing Up Gateway, page 105. From the entry gripless
  • I rub my finger around the rim of the goblet until it hums its menacing tone.2012 August 7, F. J. Lennon, Devil's Gate: A Kane Pryce Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 113. From the entry ectometer
  • A chicken was ascending slowly past the chrome rim of the meatcase.2011, William Gay, The Long Home. From the entry meatcase
  • Its shiny rims kept spinning even as the wheels came to a stop.2009, Paul Bacon, Bad Cop: New York's Least Likely Police Officer Tells All, Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, pages 81–82. From the entry blingmobile
  • Sound is made when a wine glass "sings": run your finger around the rim.2007, C. Barry Carter, M. Grant Norton, “Processing Glass and Glass-ceramics”, in Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering, Springer…. From the entry glass harp
  • The rim of a small-sized lens along with zonule is clearly seen through the fully dilated pupil.2004, E. Ahmed, A Textbook of Ophthalmology, page 270. From the entry zonule
  • "To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.2004, Jacquie D'Alessandro, We've Got Tonight, Harlequin, published 2004, →ISBN. From the entry ching
  • Instead, let the montant meet your nose just above the rim of the glass.2004, Anthony Dias Blue, The Complete Book of Spirits, →ISBN, page 238. From the entry montant
  • The broad rim is formed in auricular style with shells and has a scalloped edge.1995 January, Edward van Voolen, Irene Faber, Annette Weber, “Jewish Ceremonial Silver from Germany in the Jewish Historical Museum…. From the entry auricular style
  • I believe in playing above the rim on the court, and in my career.1995 June, Lloyd Ward, quoted in Lloyd Gite, "Playing Above the Rim" Black Enterprise p. 214. From the entry above the rim
  • Thick virgin forests rim the lake, with plentiful resources where wildlife abound.1995 January 5 [1995 January 4], “Tibet Builds 1st Vacation Resort”, in Daily Report: China, number 3, Foreign Broadcast Information…. From the entry Gongbo'gyamda
  • Sometimes a tub will settle at one corner, causing the rim to slope.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry settle
  • Squeezing two handles together pressed a serrated drive wheel against the can rim.1974, Rudolf F. Graf with George J. Whalen, How it works, illustrated: everyday devices and mechanisms, page 38. From the entry drive wheel
  • Triple coating of easy-to-clean chefware with stainless steel rims to prevent chipping.1969 September 21, Durham Morning Herald, Durham, N.C.. From the entry chefware
  • One end had three long tines and the other had a revolving wheel with a toothed rim.1967, Franklin W. Dixon, Hardy Boys 47: Mystery of the Whale Tattoo. From the entry jagging wheel
  • A wide-mesh veil came down from the rim of a small black straw hat.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Silver Phantom”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 96. From the entry tailor-made
  • Once again he leaned forward, his hands grasping the basket-work rim of his chair.1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 50, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC. From the entry basketwork
  • "Stap my vitals, Tuppy, old corpse," I said, concerned, "you're looking pretty blue round the rims."1934, PG Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves. From the entry stap my vitals
  • He looked at the faint red lipstick mark around the rim and said, “Does this count as an indirect kiss?”2022, G. Rocket, Meet My Love. From the entry indirect kiss
  • Whereas Erving made his impact above the rim Curry is expanding what we never thought was expandable - the jump shot.2021 December 13, Bob Padecky, “Stephen Curry has made jump shot an art form”, in The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California. From the entry above the rim
  • Rim a cold beer glass with tajin.2019 October 22, Bricia Lopez, Javier Cabral, Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico, Abrams, →ISBN. From the entry tajin
  • A thin steel cable is fastened with a spring to the vibrator and runs over the rim of the impeller.2016, J. Vogelsang, G. Huber, T[heodoros] Triantafyllidis, T. Bender, “Interpretation of Vibratory Pile Penetration Based on Digital Image…. From the entry taut
  • They had taken a lot of cookie communion since their mother’s death, but the jar was still packed to the rim.2016, Stephen King, Cookie Jar. From the entry chocolate chipper
  • Proximal half of the primary orifice surrounded by an elevated rim of smooth gymnocystal calcification, somewhat quadrangular in outline.2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE…. From the entry gymnocystal

Meaning of rim

  1. noun An edge around something, especially when circular.
  2. noun A wheelrim.
  3. noun A semicircular copydesk.

Full definition of rim

Questions about rim in a sentence

How do you use rim in a sentence?
Rim is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Palm trees rim the beach.”
What is a short sentence with rim?
“We're beyond the rim.”
What does rim mean?
Rim means an edge around something, especially when circular.

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