insert through
Frequency: 6.87.4 per million words
to put something in one side and out the other side of an opening or object
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Examples (10)
- A probe was inserted through his mouth.
- The doctor will insert a catheter through the vein.
- She carefully inserted the thread through the eye of the needle.
- They managed to insert the pipe through a small opening in the wall.
- The technician had to insert the cable through a tight conduit.
- Could you please insert this key through the slot?
- We need to insert the wiring through the ceiling panel.
- He watched as the surgeon inserted the scope through the incision.
- The magician appeared to insert his hand through the solid table.
- Make sure to insert the pin through both layers of fabric.