How to Use casing in a Sentence

casing

noun
  • Two shell casings were found on the scene.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • The gun had blood on it and a shell casing was stuck in the slide.
    — oregonlive, 15 June 2020
  • Hicks picked up his casing and walked out of the store and drove away.
    — Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2019
  • The fuse is set so for the grenade to go off as soon as the casing splits open.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • Slit the links down the side to remove the sausage from its casing.
    — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Lazic loves to deep-fry the sausages briefly to crisp up the casing.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Police found dozens of shell casings in the street in front of the house.
    — Loyd Brumfield, Dallas News, 5 June 2019
  • He’d been shot in the face with a revolver that left no shell casings.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the bullet casings found at the scene were fired by long guns.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The sausage has a crisp casing, along with a heavy dose of black pepper.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
  • One 9 mm bullet casing was found at the scene.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • One 9-mm bullet casing was found at the scene.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Blood in the street led to the apartment, and a shell casing was found near the blood.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Three 9 mm shell casings were found in the home, police said.
    — Maggie Vespa, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The first was two bullet casings found in the driveway of the home.
    — John Spina, The Denver Post, 5 June 2019
  • Three 9mm shell casings and one live round were found at the scene, police said.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Police found the gun and shell casings on the ground near Bullis.
    — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Strewn near the bodies were spent shell casings and a shotgun shell.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Eleven shell casings were located in the front yard of the home.
    — Pj Green august 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Police canvassed the area and found spent shell casings at the scene.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Dozens of shell casings could be seen in the street after the shooting.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • An officer on scene said there were five shell casings.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The charging mode can be switched by pressing a switch on the side of the casing.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • This time, the careful killer slipped up and left a partial print on a shell casing.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • No shell casings were found in the vehicle.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There were no cartridge casings or blood outside.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Outside the home, shell casings covered the street.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Over 100 bullet casings were found at the scene.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The meat is cut open from its casing and fried in a pan, then cooked into a scramble with eggs.
    — Marco Torres, Chron, 9 June 2022
  • This includes stray rounds, shells, or empty casings.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025

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