How to Use rebar in a Sentence

rebar

noun
  • Then burned, tossed in a trunk, tied with rebar to a desert stone.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The screens are anchored into the sand with pieces of bent rebar.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 21 June 2019
  • These are hollow steel beams that are filled with concrete and rebar.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The statue stood at 43 feet tall and was made of foam and rebar.
    — Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • So is, of course, concrete with metal in the mix, like rebar.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 20 May 2021
  • Dirt was then packed down to form the trail’s base and tons of steel rebar were used to hold it all in place.
    — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Flags are then removed, rolled around their pole and the rebar is retrieved.
    — David Sharos, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The robot doesn't simply stack bricks or tie rebar.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • There had to be some concrete, some wood, some rebar, somewhere.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The rebar should have at least 1 inch of concrete under it.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
  • Between the rubble and rebar were the arms of a young child, still wrapped in pale pink sleeves.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 10 July 2017
  • The cloth goes over the pipes and is anchored with rebar and landscape staples.
    — Roxie Hammill, kansascity.com, 13 May 2017
  • Get four pieces of steel rebar from Home Depot and wire it to the trunk.
    — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2020
  • New floors are piled on top of each other; unfinished homes point rebar at the sky.
    — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2021
  • His arm remains attached by the rebar that runs throughout him.
    — Matt Delong, Star Tribune, 4 May 2021
  • They're made of a mish mash of whatever's at hand—boulders, trees, rebar.
    — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
  • The machinery lifts heavy pieces of concrete and rebar.
    — Anas Baba, NPR, 6 May 2026
  • The rebar inside looked like rusted braces without teeth.
    — Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But when his drill struck rebar, the recoil snapped back into his mouth, breaking his teeth all over again.
    — Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • At the time, the windows of the room were secured with rebar to prevent his escape.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2019
  • One-quarter to one-half inch rebar can be used to stake varieties that reach 5 feet or taller.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • The backyard boasts and an aggregate wall made of boulders in rebar.
    — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Here, as elsewhere in the house, the floors have been enriched with rebar to prevent cracking.
    — The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
  • As in much of the rest of the enclave, roadsides are piled with marble slabs, concrete blocks and rebar.
    — The Economist, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Concrete was poured around the rebar and onto the temporary floor.
    — Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The posts are anchored in concrete and steel rebar 5 feet below the surface.
    — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Many have camped out along the edge of the piles of crushed concrete and rebar, awaiting any word of their relatives.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Workers on Tuesday worked on rebar sections at a few of the drop areas.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2021
  • The easiest way to do this is to attach some piping to the tombstone and then slide it down over the rebar.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
  • To make life easy for you and difficult for predators, pound a 4-foot piece of rebar a foot into the ground.
    — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 12 Sep. 2020

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