How to Use sheathing in a Sentence

sheathing

noun
  • Note that two pieces of sheathing are nailed on at the peak and at the base.
    — George Retseck, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Each spool was covered in either red, black, blue or white sheathing.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Flames soon rose into the attic, crowded with rafters and sheathing.
    — Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Each spool was covered in either brown, orange, yellow or gray sheathing.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Espinosa holds up a length of wire extending from the box, its black sheathing bearing fresh little scars.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • This lightened oak sheathing wraps the main floor and sets the midcentury background.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Its dome is receiving new copper sheathing that will restore its luster.
    — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022
  • Winter weather can cause multiple issues with your hose and spigot, from frozen pipes to cracked sheathing.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The immune systems eats away at the fatty sheathing that covers and protects the nerve fibers in these areas (myelin).
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 22 Oct. 2018
  • If the wall sheathing is wet, soft, or missing, further inspection and repairs are needed.
    — Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • New England style barns normally had a gable roof and vertical sheathing.
    — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Above and below that cap should be metal flashing that extends up against the sheathing to help keep moisture from getting into the main wall.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Although the sheathing adds to that weight, some of the weight also comes from the additional wires inside, and the thickness (or gauge) of those wires.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 8 July 2021
  • Strips of distressed copper sheathing run throughout the house, a special solution to a common problem.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Redhouse’s technology works by mulching demolition waste such as wood framing, sheathing and wall board.
    — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 12 July 2022
  • But in 1973, just as construction was getting underway, a spark from a welder's torch set the roof’s wood sheathing on fire.
    — Tina Daunt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2019
  • The building’s shiny, dark metal sheathing might have appeared sinister in any other environment, but not here, set against the sparkling white.
    — Cree Lefavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The additional shingles also absorb more heat, which wears the new shingles faster than if they were installed directly on the wood sheathing.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2019
  • In younger people, multiple sclerosis can also affect this sheathing, which slows and disrupts brain signals.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Wooden ceilings, which are visible from the ground, complement the reddish Corten sheathing.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026
  • The pink doors on the IKEA cabinets and glamorous sheathings of brass make the kitchen the house’s centerpiece.
    — Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The tarps are a heavier ply than most commercially-available plastic sheathing and installers secure them every 6 feet or so.
    — Mary Shanklin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Plus, the builder also sources non-combustible exterior sheathing and finishes for the most dangerous areas.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • In both types of MS, immune system cells attack and strip away myelin, the fatty protective sheathing that insulates nerve cells.
    — Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Nearly the entire facade of the home was destroyed, and sheathing was already being installed to close the large opening into what appeared to be the living room and a bedroom.
    — John Spink, ajc, 30 June 2022
  • Matheson estimated 2 to 5 percent of the sheathing had been removed.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The walls of Anderson’s home, for example, are 8 inches thick and made up of the exterior aluminum sheathing and both wood and steel framing.
    — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Many common types of structural sheathing — the large panels between the framing and the outside of the house — are a composite of wood chips or other porous material.
    — Aaron Steckelberg, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Santiago said a major defect was gable ends that were not braced or connected to roofs, plus inadequacies with trusses, sheathing, strapping and tie beams.
    — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The manufacturing process locks 70% of its carbon inside the product, such as wall sheathing, roof decking, and subflooring.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

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