How to Use truss in a Sentence

truss

noun
  • But for two truss wires in front of him, he might have been ejected from the plane.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Crews will need to do concrete and trail work before putting in the new steel-truss spans.
    — Jamie Hale | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Crews removed the overhead sign truss and moved it off the road along the shoulder.
    — Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In the world of gardening, a truss is simply a stem that holds tomatoes.
    — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The first array will be installed on the far left end of the station's backbone truss.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 June 2021
  • So nobody seemed the least bit bothered that their beloved truss might never see the Seine.
    — Shawn McCreesh, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Cranes then drop the steel trusses onto barges floating below.
    — Joseph Berger, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2017
  • An aide to the governor said that the bridge’s steel trusses may also be used to build up the reefs.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Lightweight trusses tend to collapse faster than heavy-duty ones.
    — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 29 May 2018
  • The space station is equipped with four huge solar array wings, two on each side of the lab's power truss.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Workers moved three of its four cranes off the job site, leaving the last one to place an end truss, which is a part of the roof.
    — Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The modern cabin has a simple truss frame, two walls of windows, birch wood floors, and a small front deck.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2018
  • The two-way truss rod helps prevent warping and can be adjusted with an Allen wrench.
    — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The bow-and-truss halls of the two-acre site are being converted into creative workspace.
    — Patric Kuh, Los Angeles Magazine, 30 Aug. 2017
  • This bridge's structural system is defined as an arched truss bridge with a deck suspended from the truss.
    — Adel Abdelnaby, CNN, 17 May 2021
  • The house also has been updated with open trusses so there are no poles in the basement, and the main floor is wide open.
    — Saleema Syed, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In the 1900s planning began to replace this iron truss style bridge.
    — IndyStar, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The estate sports an open timber truss design and is topped with a custom Italian slate roof.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Workmen were up on a lighting truss, and sound waves from the Midmer-Losh could have thrown them off.
    — Laura Preston, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • When the truss is completed, no one knows for sure whether the French will actually take it.
    — Shawn McCreesh, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2021
  • As part of the renovation, though, an enormous truss was constructed that would arch over the area.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 7 June 2018
  • Panicked at the sight of dead bodies hanging from bridge trusses, Daisy goes to Garth again.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The cost of preserving the truss would have been expensive, O’Sullivan said.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The space station's main truss and two giant solar arrays can be seen, as well as the blue arc of the Earth below.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The space station's main truss and two giant solar arrays can be seen, as well as the blue arc of the Earth below.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The space station's main truss and two giant solar arrays can be seen, as well as the blue arc of the Earth below.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The space station's main truss and two giant solar arrays can be seen, as well as the blue arc of the Earth below.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The neck and fretboard are glued together, with a steel truss rod sandwiched inside the two components.
    — New York Times, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The third set of six is being installed on the far left side of the truss, a segment known as port 6 or P6 for short.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2019
  • More than half of the trusses are set, and workers have installed large sections of the actual roofing in the east and west ends.
    — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2017

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