How to Use strapping in a Sentence

strapping

noun
  • Plastic strapping of any size whether this or that found on cans is lethal to wildlife.
    — Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY, 11 May 2017
  • Rose gold gleams from hardware, and brass strapping adds a bit of bling to the hood.
    — Darra Baker, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Some friends had another name for the strapping, 6-foot airman.
    — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 29 May 2018
  • The son of Keen Ice was a big strapping colt who was bred to go the classic mile and a quarter.
    — New York Times, 9 June 2022
  • The strapping has developed green mossy coloration and white specks that look like the beginnings of fungus or mold.
    — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The walk to the penalty spot didn’t feel long for Bronze, partly because she was distracted by the strapping.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Consider installing roof strappings to which attach the roof framing to the wall framings so the roof won’t be lifted off the house.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Ser Duncan the Tall, is a strapping but awkward young man with little confidence and few skills.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Other waste included strapping bands used in packaging, polythene bags and rubber tires.
    — Fox News, 8 July 2019
  • One clever feature that sets them apart from other outdoor sandals is the customizable strapping.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026
  • Derek Coleman is a strapping, bright guy of 27 with a woodsman’s beard who recently returned from going to see the elephant.
    — Fred Dickey, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 June 2017
  • There’s also a growing taste for industrial design, with metal cabinetry and stoves with metal strapping and levers.
    — Stacey Altherr, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2018
  • So, sure, the show can sometimes feel like a montage of strapping, bearded men introducing themselves to each other before beating each other up.
    — Caroline Framke, Variety, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Keller was a strapping, square-jawed Marine while Gagnon was more slender and had a distinctive mole on this face, Westemeyer said.
    — NBC News, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Seven years later, Yankee — once emaciated and abused — is a strapping and beloved 110-pound house pet who can read Rhodes like a book.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2022
  • Whelton is thoroughly persuasive as the strapping, impulsive Mat.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Fully loaded, the Minute feels solid, with strapping-wide tires providing plenty of grip and Tektro disc brakes keeping it all under control.
    — Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 14 May 2015
  • Ramin Karimloo, the musical’s strapping, charming leading man, brushes it all off, not unlike Nicky Arnstein.
    — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The strapping entrees are best preceded by a salad, the most colorful and refreshing of which blends biting endive, radicchio and arugula with juicy oranges and pistachios.
    — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
  • During the summer, Hopping will periodically hit a lake for what's that’s essentially water skiing, but on a board, closer to the boat and with no strapping on the feet.
    — Colby Gordon, Austin American Statesman, 12 Dec. 2025
  • MacRae, a strapping, bespectacled Scot with a soft accent, moved to New York fifteen years ago and has been an actor and restaurant worker ever since.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020
  • With its slinky, figure-hugging silhouette and asymmetrical strapping, the dress is a sizzling option for Valentine’s Day date night (plus, it can be worn well after the holiday, too).
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Rimac’s feat of technical boot-strapping makes the Nevera uniquely evocative, unlike the sterile narratives of corporate hypercars.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Supportive taping and strapping can protect the foot from aggravating the plantar fasciitis even further — and orthotics can be especially helpful to wear at night to keep the foot in a flexed position and reduce pain in the morning.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 16 July 2019
  • In addition, why so many gay men are attracted to the strapping, wildly endowed Tom of Finland-type male image is one of several deeper psychosexual issues that go underexplored.
    — Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Everything that happens after, as David grows into a strapping, stout-hearted man (now voiced by Christian singer-songwriter Phil Wickham) and eventually challenges Saul for the throne that is rightly his, is checked off in fairly rote fashion.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
  • By the early 20th century, students could be punished with a strapping if they were caught speaking an Indigenous language, according to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report.
    — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 26 June 2021

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