How to Use plywood in a Sentence

plywood

noun
  • The plywood remained for at least one year.
    — Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The frame is plywood and will have to be cleaned or replaced.
    — Linda G. Kramer, cleveland.com, 6 June 2019
  • Felt had to put down hundreds of plywood sheets on the field.
    — oregonlive, 11 June 2020
  • Measure and cut a piece of plywood to fit over the base frame.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2023
  • If not, have plywood cut and stored in advance.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 May 2026
  • If not, have plywood cut and stored in advance.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • The floors of the shed were concrete, and the walls were plywood.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • What was once the showroom is now stripped down to nails, plywood and beams.
    — Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • What was once the showroom was now stripped down to nails, plywood and beams.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • There the walls are plywood, the doors lead nowhere, and there are no backrooms.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
  • The plane’s yellow wing is stacked in two pieces along one wall like sheets of plywood.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
  • This step is best done on a flat surface such as a garage floor or a sheet of plywood.
    — Mark Clement, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2020
  • The hat is a trash barrel and plywood painted black.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There was a hole in the side of the building covered by a piece of plywood.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • But her plywood and tarps wound up useless for the roofless wreck of a home.
    — Andrea Gallo and Bryn Stole | Staff Writers, NOLA.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • By the end of the day, the sculpture was encased by plywood.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Look, the farmer has erected a wild west boomtown out of plywood.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In those early days, the plywood was the loudest thing about the street.
    — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The multi-tool cut through the thick plywood like a warm knife through butter.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • The window has since been covered with plywood.
    — April 20, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The window has since been covered with plywood.
    — Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The plywood was then sent to a glass company and cut to the exact shape.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The simplest way to do this is to clamp a spare 2x4 along the length of the plywood.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The main job of a circular saw is to cut large pieces of lumber and plywood.
    — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Use liquid nails to attach tile to the center of the plywood piece.
    — Beth Eslinger, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2021
  • First, rip the 8-foot-long piece of plywood to 14 inches wide.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The plywood needs no edging, and the parts do not require a finish.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Once secure, place a bead of glue along the top edges of the frame and set the plywood surface on top.
    — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The plywood flew somewhere, and one corner of his second floor has no roof.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • Fun projects use up all, or most, of a sheet of plywood, which measures 4 feet by 8 feet.
    — Matt Bean, Sunset Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020

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