How to Use fencing in a Sentence

fencing

noun
  • And now the fencing has come to the Supreme Court, to the third estate.
    — Washington Post, 10 May 2022
  • That’s how many feet high the new fencing will be outside of the Supreme Court.
    — Mark Murray, NBC News, 6 May 2022
  • Not all of the fencing was removed and most of the area remains closed to the public.
    — Kate Sullivan, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The 450 miles installed to date are in place of old fencing and in new areas.
    — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The street leading up to Pence’s home, which sits on 5 acres, is lined with white fencing.
    — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2021
  • Japan, on the strength of judo, wrestling and fencing was second with 54 points.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The boys are thriving, learning to play golf and fencing.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The second is for a cut in the fencing of the langurs’ habitat found a short time later.
    — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • How could that be possible, since the fencing was 4 to 6 feet high?
    — Bill and Dotti Root, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Use nonflammable fencing within five feet of the house.
    — Jeastman, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The name of each donor will be placed above the wreath that will be attached to the Village Green wooden fencing.
    — cleveland, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The new fences are around 8 feet high and replace shorter fencing that had been put in place.
    — Zoë Richards, NBC News, 5 May 2022
  • The person who blows her country’s first chance at gold in a team fencing event.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The garage doors are fire-rated, and the fencing around the property is fireproof, said Mr. Davis.
    — Sarah Paynter, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Two days after the unrest, which saw at least five deaths, the fencing was erected for the first time.
    — Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, 21 Mar. 2021
  • While at Hopkins, Mr. Carter was a member of the football and lacrosse teams his first year and the fencing team all four years.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2023
  • The wind threw fencing, railroad cars and even whole buildings into the air.
    — Elisa Neckar, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The ceiling on the ground floor features distressed wood slats that came from snow fencing in Wyoming.
    — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Nabhan worries that many species could face the same fate with the new border fencing.
    — azcentral, 15 Apr. 2021
  • This includes dozens of police vans, riot police and steel fencing along the route from the church to the cemetery.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Many of which didn’t pan out — like his passion for a strange new sport: fencing, but on horseback.
    — Outside Online, 31 July 2024
  • The fencing at the airport was repaired shortly after the crash.
    — Jane Morice | Jmorice@cleveland.com, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Rather than penning wildlife in, the fencing is designed to keep critters out.
    — Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Keller said one of the main focuses of HEMA is to promote historic fencing in a safe way.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 3 May 2023
  • That it was locked behind chain-link fencing and rarely open to the public only amped up the mystery.
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The barricade includes chain-link fencing, car tires, pieces of wood and spike strips.
    — oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Some Republicans for weeks have called for the fencing around the Capitol to come down.
    — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Construction fencing has been set up to isolate the work site from the public.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 14 June 2021
  • His makeshift home — a tent fortified with wood paneling, steel poles and chain link fencing — rises two stories high, with a day bed on the first floor and a queen mattress on the second, plenty of cushioning for his 18 cats to get cozy.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The most obvious connection between them is that fencing, squash, cycling, sailing and rowing are all popular in affluent communities.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025

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