11.   He wears a cheap-looking watch with a black rubber wrist band strapped around the right cuff of his shirt and black Reebok athletic shoes.

12.   His body-hugging dress was not carved from fine wool but from sweat-promoting black rubber.

13.   I was surprised by the bumpiness of the speedway, littered with scabs of black rubber.

14.   Inside on the floor are clusters of black rubber balls, all of the same size but disconcertingly varied in weight.

15.   Made from a broad stretch of black vulcanized rubber, it is pulled up in the middle to arch from the floor in the shape of a horse collar.

16.   My favorite toy is a fake cellular phone made of black rubber.

17.   Numerous strips of black rubber marking screeching stops for oncoming traffic made me slow down.

18.   The black rubber track itself radiated with heat.

19.   The best flexible rubber cable tie-downs are made of heavy-duty black rubber with hooks at each end.

20.   The company, whose kitchen equipment is known for its black rubber, ergonomically correct handles, has two zester models, which outshone nine others I tested.