English example sentences with "insulating"

Go to the hardware store and buy a roll of insulating tape.
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While the temperature above the snow can be -40° F, the temperature beneath the snow can be much warmer, even close to the freezing point at 32° F, because the layer of snow acts like an insulating blanket.
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Shuttle officials say lightweight insulating foam that flew off Columbia's external fuel tank broke into dust and was not heavy enough to have damaged its left wing.
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When oil gets in the ocean, birds are among the first victims: their plumage quickly loses its insulating properties with only a few drops of oil, so that the birds become hypothermic and die.
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