How to Use formwork in a Sentence

formwork

noun

• The balls, acting as a sort of formwork, dictate where the plastic pieces can and cannot go.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 28 Sep. 2018
• However, some temporary wood formwork was damaged by the winds and had to be replaced.
  — Camila Pedrosa, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2022
• The fire department was contacted and is on site working with crews to position the formwork back in place.
  — Ken Lambert, The Seattle Times, 19 Mar. 2018
• Condensation from the metal formwork and upholstery staples seeped into the foam of the padded walls.
  — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 12 July 2019
• The mix sets in under three minutes, allowing new layers to be stacked without scaffolding or formwork.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• This means that their customers no longer dependent on formwork, which is expensive and time-consuming to create.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2023
• This afternoon, crews working on the Nexus project observed that a formwork system was beginning to lean out from the building.
  — Ken Lambert, The Seattle Times, 19 Mar. 2018
• Tolchinsky designed the formwork for the elevated concrete slabs that were later installed by Gateway, the complaint states.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 July 2022
• Its formwork, made from small strips of wood, is still visible through the white plaster—a deliberate choice intended to convey the building’s handmade nature.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2018
• Trainers told us that formwork (like checking your squat technique), brief full-body strength circuits, and even a solid round of burpees can be effective uses of 10 quick minutes.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 7 Sep. 2022
• Firefighters found that the beam had broken off and toppled, throwing the workers roughly 30 feet and trapping one inside a concrete formwork platform.
  — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
• Fire officials described the incident as a failure of one of the struts supporting a crane at the building’s core, and said the tilt of the crane system caused one of the concrete walls and formwork to lean out.
  — Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2017
• Before employing the fleet of buzzing machines, Chaltiel worked with a team of students to build a lightweight geodesic timber frame and cover it with a light formwork of burlap sacks filled with sand.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 27 Sep. 2018
• With the seven-foot sled half inside the tent, Ousland took a four-inch formwork nail, chosen for its double-head that makes for a surer grip with a Leatherman, and heated it over a stove flame.
  — Adventure, 23 Dec. 2020
• Sculptor @WendellCastle’s contributions to design opened eyes to the artistic magnitudes of woodwork, formwork, and furniture.
  — Donald Bradley, kansascity, 22 Jan. 2018
• Sculptor @WendellCastle's contributions to #design opened eyes to the artistic magnitudes of #woodwork, #formwork, and #furniture.
  — Donald Bradley, kansascity, 22 Jan. 2018
• When Andrade began casting the house’s first concrete columns and lintels in 2013, plywood formwork also began appearing in his artistic practice.
  — Michael Snyder Ivan Salinero, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2022
• The site assembly took only a single day – all six segments were lifted and fit in place in under six hours – saving roughly 50–70% of the onsite labor typically needed for formwork, waiting, and striking.
  — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
• In November 2019, the complaint says, a portion of that formwork failed and collapsed while workers for Baker were placing concrete for the elevated floor slab on the project's seventh level.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 July 2022
• The complaint says Gateway was responsible for designing and installing the formwork needed for Baker to install elevated concrete slabs, adding Advantage was retained by Gateway for professional engineering services.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 July 2022