How to Use railing in a Sentence

railing

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Add a childseat, or rear rack railings, and those pounds will add up.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• One person was pushed over a railing and fell on their head, Awad said.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
• In the clip, the man is shown climbing over the railing of a small bridge within the World Showcase’s Italy pavilion.
  — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
• Arms shot up along the railing of the visitors’ dugout, fingers pointed to the sky.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2022
• The glass railing meant there were no obstructed views and gorgeous sights all the way around.
  — oregonlive, 18 July 2023
• Iron railings along the central staircase in the new building echo the pattern on rails in the Capitol.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• The owner, coffee in hand, watches from the stern railing.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Wrap it around your stair railings or drape it over your mantle.
  — Matthew Parker, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
• The use of solid stain on the railings did a great job of covering the original red.
  — Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
• The white planters tie together the home's white pillars, railings, and trim with the red flowers.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2024
• Then someone online found a photo of Freeman sitting alone in the Dodgers dugout, with the rest of the team up on the railing.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
• Others tried to climb over to avoid being trampled or crushed against the railing.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
• By design, only one side of the boardwalk has a railing.
  — Adam H. Graham, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
• In areas where there is a railing or fence, do not climb over the barrier.
  — The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2024
• Snagged gill nets near a torn railing on the ship’s fantail stern looked like the work of a fisher who tried and failed to retrieve their gear.
  — Laura Trethewey, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024