How to Use railing in a Sentence

railing

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  • He leaned on the deck's railing and watched the sun set.
  • The railing to the right holds stairs that lead down to the ground floor.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2024
  • And, of course, the hop over the railing and onto the field.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The receiver climbed up the wall and stood on the railing in front of the seats.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The man got out of the vehicle and had his legs over the side of the railing.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a bed on a floor on a 10-foot drop with no railing.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Aug. 2021
  • But as the trooper reached him, the teenager let go of the railing.
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Joey Bart smashed a two-run homer off the railing above the yellow line in left in the eighth.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The man was swaying between the railing of the bridge over the West Branch of the Rocky River and the roadway.
    — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The two girls at times hung over the railing, jumped and shouted as the floats and bands passed them by along 14th street.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
  • Richard Calderone grabbed onto the teen who was sitting on the railing of the Founders Bridge, ready to jump.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • For the second look of the carousel, Bieber wears a light green two-piece while sitting on the railing of a dock.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Jan. 2023
  • One of the officers then climbed back over the railing toward the door, Ramos said.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 23 June 2023
  • Judge watched the ball clank off the front of the stands, just below two fans who reached over a railing and tried for a catch.
    — Ian Harrison, Chron, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Each railing was shaped and contoured to cleanly meet the pole.
    — Jeastman, oregonlive, 23 June 2023
  • Romi looked down over the railing and tried to find the spot where the Sarit woman had hit the ground.
    — Etgar Keret, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The field sat mostly empty as the three settled against the railing for a talk.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2022
  • Part of the tractor ended up on the railing of the interstate.
    — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Blood riddled the lower railing of the steps to the second floor and blood splatter marked the top of the staircase.
    — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 1 July 2022
  • The vehicle crashed into a railing near the 100 block of West 1st Street, and two men ran from the scene.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The new bridge will match the look of the one on 68th Street, with more modern piers, a railing and the street name set into the parapet.
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Add a childseat, or rear rack railings, and those pounds will add up.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
  • This planter has a smart design, with two side-by-side planters that flank a railing.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2022
  • There were also no stair railings at the front entrance and the small rail in the loft area was falling apart.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Her face, propped against the railing, was obscured by a stiff veil of unwashed fringe.
    — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • Drake climbed on a railing and tried to get their attention for a speech, but couldn’t.
    — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Sorour got up and went to a railing overlooking the eighteenth green.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Lopez wrapped her arms around Affleck—who leaned against the railing around the lake—and stood on her tiptoes to kiss him.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The railing around the bow of the ship was missing a 15-foot section on the port time, the team discovered on July 29.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
  • According to the investigation, Chambers opted to jump and grab the railing wearing as much as 48 pounds in gear.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2024

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