How to Use cane in a Sentence

cane

1 of 2 noun
  • The chair seat is made of cane.
  • In the past, some teachers would resort to the cane when students misbehaved.
  • Trim off dead roots, bulbs, stems, and canes.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
  • As for your cane, there’s a place for that at the door.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • As for your cane, there’s a place for that at the door.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 May 2026
  • Her cane held in her right hand, on her left foot, a cast.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 15 Feb. 2026
  • On the stage with a cane or sitting down.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The disease can spread to canes.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • The chairs were plain and cane-bottomed.
    — Josh Ireland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • They are rolled to press sugar cane juice.
    — Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Charles had taught me to swing my cane wide in search of a bus pole.
    — Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
  • For the rest of his life, Brooks walked with a cane.
    — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • Joel walked with the aid of a cane in taking the stage.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Little old ladies lay down their canes to get close to him.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Koether notes there is one big flush of blooms on the woody canes from last year, first.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • Used in place of corn syrup, cane syrup gives the pie a slightly tangy twist.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Four were fishing with cane poles from a rickety dock.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Brush with cane syrup butter and sprinkle with flaky sea salt.
    — Paige Grandjean, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Then, the hydrangea grows new canes while the first round is blooming.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • This makes room for the growth of new canes, which are more productive.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Klein, a dentist, went back to work in three weeks, using a cane.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Make the cut all the way down to where the cane connects to a larger cane.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Our white grain sugar, of course, comes from sugar cane fields.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The trunk also needs to support the full weight of the rose canes and blooms.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • If this cane is also dead or damaged, cut it down at the base of the plant.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Avoid long or sharp swords, sticks or canes to prevent injury if a child trips and falls.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The grafted rose with all its canes and blooms was forever gone.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Its canes are reddish in color and covered with spiny thorns.
    — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Some guests will be elderly with walkers and canes.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In the past, landowners cut down the trees to fuel fires to process sugar cane.
    — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

cane

2 of 2 verb
  • In the past, some teachers would cane students who misbehaved.
  • Men can also be caned for missing Friday prayers.
    — CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Cut pieces of caning that are just larger than the inside ring, then attach to the ring with hot- glue.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 24 June 2023
  • Such high-traffic areas can feel cluttered, but thoughtful details like caning can help calm the chaos.
    — Caroline Picard, House Beautiful, 24 July 2023
  • Prune the second-year, woody canes off summer-bearing raspberries once a year after the plants fruit.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2024
  • Avoid textured tables with rattan, raffia, or caning, and look for an easy-to-wipe surface.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Five men were sentenced to jail, caning and fines, sparking outrage among human rights activists.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 25 July 2023
  • Her mother was gifted at making crafts, sewing, weaving baskets and chair caning.
    — Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
  • With light wood tones and airy caning details, Vista items fit well with the laidback, breezy feeling of coastal design.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
  • To use as a jewelry holder, simply hang or attach earrings through caning holes.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 24 June 2023
  • That versatility, Davis adds, is part of what makes caning such a great design choice.
    — Julianne Hilmes Bartlett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • One of my favorite pieces of furniture in my childhood home was a wooden and metal rocking chair that had caning details.
    — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Feb. 2024
  • He was once caned by the school’s principal for drinking from a water pot in the classroom that Dalits were barred from using.
    — Deepa Bharath, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The details are exquisite, from the burgundy caning on a desk chair to the checkerboard marquetry on a coffee table.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Four other people were publicly caned on Thursday for online gambling and adultery.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • With airy caning details, light and dark finishes, and unique curved silhouettes, the Springwood Collection feels light and whimsical, yet still versatile.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Singapore’s education minister has confirmed that teachers are allowed to use caning to discipline unruly students in certain cases.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
  • The government has an authoritarian bent, to be sure, with a judiciary that prescribes caning, especially for repeat offenders, and the death penalty for certain acts of violence and drug offenses.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The abolitionist Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner was caned nearly to death on the floor of the Senate in 1856.
    — Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
  • In 1994, American teenager Michael Fay was caned at a Singaporean prison for vandalism, a day after his sentence was reduced from six lashes to four in response to an appeal by President Bill Clinton.
    — Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
  • In 1856, violence came to Washington, too, when a South Carolina congressman brutally caned the Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate, two days after Sumner delivered a withering antislavery speech.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026

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