How to Use sheathe in a Sentence

sheathe

verb
  • On the lagoon, red orbs, sheathed in black nets, bob on the surface.
    — Brienne Walsh, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Sharp hooks or large tackle should be sheathed and checked, but small flies and reels can stay with you.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Dealers will install sheathing over the wiring, free of charge.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
  • Keep your paltry pocket lighters sheathed, would-be saboteurs.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Two centuries ago, almost every roof in the parish was sheathed in wood shingles or shakes.
    — Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 11 July 2017
  • Two centuries ago, almost every roof in the parish was sheathed in wood shingles or shakes.
    — Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2012
  • It was sheathed in cling-wrap, as a protection against the fiery sting of police pepper spray.
    — Time, 5 July 2019
  • Roberts, according to the sheriff's office, was armed with a knife that was sheathed.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • The weather crisps, green and yellow leaves sheathe the sidewalks, and the city looks more out of a film than ever.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023
  • There was a time when a travel pillow meant an inflatable donut sheathed in scratchy plastic.
    — Chaney Kwak, CNT, 30 June 2017
  • The mini-plane is so sleek and sharp that workers sheathe some of its edges in styrofoam between tests.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 8 May 2017
  • And the glowing transom over the office entrance was sheathed in marble.
    — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The concrete structure will be sheathed in marble, and its dome will be lighted from the inside at night.
    — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The objects include stone knives with handles made of grass resin sheathed in paperbark bound with string.
    — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
  • The world will soon see whether the president’s tweets of iron can be smoothly sheathed in a diplomatic glove.
    — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 25 June 2018
  • Houses are sheathed in a thick layer of ice, with icicles layering down from door frames, awnings and rooftops.
    — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Four years later, the building gleams, freshly sheathed in gray metal siding.
    — Anton Troianovski, chicagotribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Pita sheathing a supple yellow omelet, laced with salt and crunchy za’atar and adorned with a stalk of raw scallion.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2018
  • All four were found with their iron blades still sheathed in their wooden scabbards, boasting handles made with wood or metal.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Subtly strewed aluminum casts of leaves, roots and even anchovies lie on the floor, or else on tatami mats sheathed in sheets of pale silicone.
    — Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Juicy and sheathed in a crackly, parmesan-herb crust, these pork chops are a completely foolproof, quick-and-easy weeknight meal.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Scissors should be no longer than 4 inches from the pivot point, and they should be sheathed to protect baggage handlers.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
  • And Nola paints a portrait of the Obama family, their faces sheathed in smiles.
    — The Editors, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The building was to be sheathed in marble from quarries north of Athens, the vein of marble used to build the Parthenon.
    — Colleen Long, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • But then, one year, Garver’s sister gave him a bowtie for Christmas, sheathed in a tube of hard, clear plastic.
    — Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Running at the end of practice, after a couple of hours in the sun, sheathed in shoulder pads and a helmet, is part of practice.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2018
  • Two of the GIs hauling the boat downstream are shirtless, their bayonets sheathed at their belts.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Be sure they’re sheathed or securely wrapped to avoid injuring screeners or baggage handlers.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Sacbee.com, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The walls are sheathed modishly in wood, and hung with dramatic botanical paintings.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • This searing solo, performed by a dancer sheathed in a tube of purple jersey, is now a classic portrayal of grief.
    — New York Times, 11 May 2020

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