How to Use fencing in a Sentence

fencing

noun
  • From the roll, deer fencing is six feet tall.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Install this fencing now and take it down in the spring.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Maybe fencing will be the next big weapon-y hobby sport?
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The fencing is in an awful state down the far end of the grounds.
    Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • For now, the town has put up fencing and signs at the crossing.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Above the front door, a new deck was bounded by chain-link fencing.
    Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The fencing still hasn’t been installed.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Crews were seen adding fencing near the area late Tuesday.
    Matthew Daly, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • This is not the very last stretch of border fencing to be erected.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Make sure your fencing is secure, and always have your dog on a leash.
    Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Block off hazards such as stairs and pools using gates or fencing.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The area of fencing was near a retention pond that had a drainage pipe.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Cleanup crews set up temporary fencing to block off the area.
    Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • 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 same wood tone is used on the planters and wood fencing for a cohesive look.
    Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Steel fencing is also set up around the perimeter.
    ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • The track was built properly, with the fencing, the walls.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2026
  • During the next two weeks, guardrails and fencing will be installed.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • One way to liven up a side yard is by investing in new fencing.
    Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 10 May 2026
  • So the couple is now trying a special fencing to keep the deer away.
    Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
  • Girl, your mom was a fencing champion!
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The box is surrounded by chain-link fencing and is kept secured by a lock.
    La Cañada Valley Sun, 17 July 2019
  • Just a few bleachers, a stage and a lot of temporary fencing.
    Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • The fencing is taller on the sides and back to add privacy for the backyard.
    Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Not all of the fencing was removed and most of the area remains closed to the public.
    Kate Sullivan, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Nabhan worries that many species could face the same fate with the new border fencing.
    azcentral, 15 Apr. 2021
  • And now the fencing has come to the Supreme Court, to the third estate.
    Washington Post, 10 May 2022
  • Like other safety projects, much of the fencing has not yet been installed.
    Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The wind threw fencing, railroad cars and even whole buildings into the air.
    Elisa Neckar, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023

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