The milliner reached for the corking pin to secure the elaborate headdress onto the cork mould.

After a long day, I'm afraid I'll cork off on the couch during the movie.

When the lifeboat arrived, she tightened the straps of the cork jacket and climbed aboard.

The old insulation in the cabin was made from mountain cork, a hazardous variety of asbestos that crumbled easily.

The technician removed a fragment of rock cork and sealed it in a container for asbestos testing.

The luthier lined the guitar with velvet cork because its supple, elastic quality improved the instrument's tone.

He popped the crown cork off the soda bottle and tossed it into the bin.

The students decorated the cork-boards with colorful flyers for the club fair.

He nostalgically searched the antique box for a cork tip, remembering how everyone used them before filters became common.

The lab assistant sharpened the cork borers before the chemistry practical.