How to Use prefab in a Sentence

prefab

adjective
  • Yet the prefab house is built for five and has many of the markings of a clever tiny home.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 26 June 2018
  • In fact, these prefab pieces can be as big as four decks in height and span one-half of the ship’s width.
    — Ayesha Khan, CNT, 21 July 2017
  • As a result, this prefab coastal college is airy and bright.
    — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Even the games that seem purely prefab can still have a live element in them.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Gone are the prefab offerings, replaced with items made in the kitchen.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Detainees never did browse the stacks in the two prefab buildings.
    — miamiherald, 26 Oct. 2016
  • My parents can sell the house and buy a prefab unit, five times smaller than the homestead.
    — Longreads, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Here’s a closer look at the prefab projects that impressed us this year for those reasons and more.
    — Jenny Xie, Curbed, 27 Dec. 2018
  • The state should look into using it to pay for prefab construction.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Check out more cabins and prefab homes available on Amazon now.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
  • More conventional was the choice of prefab wall and roof panels.
    — Josh Garskof, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • There is also an old convent, some prefab buildings, and mobile homes.
    — Hannah Beckler, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2019
  • That additional expense is what is keeping a lot of builders out of prefab.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • Or travelers sent overseas, for whom a hotel is the ideal prefab base.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2020
  • In the prefab barn beside his house are three combines, huge machines for harvesting grain crops.
    — Mike Sager, Esquire, 25 Feb. 2015
  • But this year, forget the the generic, prefab constructions on sale at the grocery store.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Fences that took less time to build because they were planned out ahead of time, or even bought as an E-Z prefab kit.
    — Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2017
  • What was actually so wrong about engaging with a prefab form of cool to begin with?
    — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Easton has now set his sights on building himself a prefab house in Quebec.
    — Elle Decor Editors, ELLE Decor, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Classes meet in the sort of low-slung prefab structure that usually graces a construction site.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2022
  • The irony is that the artisanal-cocktail movement was born, in no small part, out of a rejection of prefab drinks.
    — Eric Felten, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2020
  • People can live there in tents, caravans, or prefab structures while buildings go up slowly around them.
    — Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Through a gate is the dirt parking lot, and to the right a low-slung prefab structure, the nerve center here, the gun store with the machine shop out back.
    — Michael Paterniti, GQ, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The prefab ones benefit from a little sitting time to allow the flavors to marry.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • Chula Vista is opening a first-of-its-kind homeless shelter with 65 prefab units.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2023
  • Built from concrete or fiberglass, the often-prefab pools are lined with tile, vinyl or gunite (a blend of sand, cement and water).
    — Allison Duncan, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • Chen’s volunteers live on the property in prefab homes, a camper and stables on whose walls rusted riding gear still hangs.
    — Matthew Ormseth, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
  • Depending on the beans, that espresso often tasted much, much richer and fresher than the prefab stuff.
    — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 21 July 2019
  • The prefab industry still exists mostly in the minds of architects.
    — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 1 Jan. 2007
  • This prefab home is covered with massive, operational windows that allow light to pour in on each side and can be opened to let in a cool breeze.
    — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025

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