How to Use fencing in a Sentence
fencing
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And now the fencing has come to the Supreme Court, to the third estate.
—Washington Post, 10 May 2022
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That’s how many feet high the new fencing will be outside of the Supreme Court.
—Mark Murray, NBC News, 6 May 2022
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Not all of the fencing was removed and most of the area remains closed to the public.
—Kate Sullivan, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
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Half was tall, steel fencing, and half was just 4 feet tall.
—Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2020
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This is not the first time a toddler has made their way through fencing near the White House.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
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The 450 miles installed to date are in place of old fencing and in new areas.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2021
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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
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More than 660 miles of fencing has been funded to date.
—Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2020
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Japan, on the strength of judo, wrestling and fencing was second with 54 points.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
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The boys are thriving, learning to play golf and fencing.
—John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Mar. 2021
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But for the first time in weeks, all of the chain-link fencing that had surrounded the building was gone.
—oregonlive, 27 June 2020
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The second is for a cut in the fencing of the langurs’ habitat found a short time later.
—Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
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How could that be possible, since the fencing was 4 to 6 feet high?
—Bill and Dotti Root, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
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Use nonflammable fencing within five feet of the house.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
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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
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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
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The Friends group worked with the city to bring down penitentiary-style fencing and gates.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2020
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The person who blows her country’s first chance at gold in a team fencing event.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
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The garage doors are fire-rated, and the fencing around the property is fireproof, said Mr. Davis.
—Sarah Paynter, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
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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
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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
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The wind threw fencing, railroad cars and even whole buildings into the air.
—Elisa Neckar, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
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Dyman says about 90 percent of the new fencing will have lights, some of which will be on at all times.
—Richard Laugharn, National Geographic, 2 Nov. 2020
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In total, more than 660 miles of fencing has been funded to date.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 23 June 2020
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According to Google Maps, the new fencing stretches about 1.7 miles around the White House.
—TheWeek, 5 June 2020
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Make sure your fencing is secure, and always have your dog on a leash.
—Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
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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
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Lethal fencing began in the early 1990s as a way to save money.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 27 Nov. 2019
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One officer described being able to put one red pit bull in the truck as the others were trying to attack through the fencing.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
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Groups were scaling the 30-foot steel border fence with rope ladders, or crawling through gaps sawed into the old steel mesh fencing, hundreds of people a day in a 20-mile stretch starting at the rugged mountainside of Mt. Cristo Rey.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 26 May 2025
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