How do you use the word "tool" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "tool" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "tool": A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. A pick is a long handled tool used for breaking up hard ground surfaces.

Tool Meaning

/tuːl/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny physical device meant to ease or do a task.

nounAny physical device meant to ease or do a task., Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.

Sentence Examples

A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

A pick is a long handled tool used for breaking up hard ground surfaces.

The company utilizes every media tool available to market its products.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

instrument puppet creature

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The carpenter used a hammer as his main ____ to build the wooden table.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A hammer is an essential ____ for any carpenter who is building furniture or fixing things around the house today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) + -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English tāwian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning").

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story." — 2012 March 26, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:

"What was the need of a man to do that? "One stick at a time;" if Ned could not do that, he was a poor tool. Ah, a poor tool he proved to be." — 1867, The Masonic Trowel, volume 6, page 44:

"Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale." — 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 11 May 2017:

"When asked what he liked about Youk [Kevin Youkilis], former Boston scout Matt Haas says, "At first glance, not a lot." (Mind you, this is one of the few scouts who actually wanted the kid.) "He was unorthodox," says Haas, who now scouts for the Arizona Diamondbacks. "He had an extreme crouch—his thighs were almost parallel to the ground. And he was heavier than he is now. But the more I watched him, the more I just thought, Throw the tools out the window. This guy can play baseball."" — 2007 November 7, Mark Bechtel, “"there's Something Fun About Yooouuuk"”, in Sports Illustrated, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2008:

"Or haue wee some strange Indian with the great Toole, come to Court, the women so besiege vs?" — 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], page 231:

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