How to Use shielding in a Sentence

shielding

noun
  • Yes, there are lots of hand-wavy ideas about lava tubes and regolith shielding.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Crews also set up some shielding around the building.
    Joe Brandt, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Such areas would be pretty tight but would offer up even more shielding.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Or use fixtures on short stakes with rims or other shielding that directs light downward.
    Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Seconds later, King won a foul with more brave running and shielding of the ball.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This is not only about shielding against the next geopolitical shock.
    David Frykman, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But there’s a more important reason for this email address shielding.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • So, while boomers are trying to care by shielding, their children feel more cared for when they are included.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • After 137 test runs, no shielding was needed.
    Omar Kardoudi may 13, New Atlas, 13 May 2026
  • The sun-shielding hat has an adjustable chin strap and mesh ventilation for those days when your hair and head need to breathe.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
  • Perhaps there was a problem with the shielding around the engines to protect them from heating.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Painting on the shielding ensures a more thorough coverage at much less cost.
    James Conca, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The bottle acts as a protective dome, trapping warmth and moisture while shielding against wind and pests.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • With Blind shielding the defence, United lost one of their next 15.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
  • So, their spaceship would need to provide some kind of radiation shielding.
    ABC News, 25 July 2021
  • The underside of the car’s pointy nose is protected with aluminum shielding.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
  • That adaptive shielding prevents leakage from the world outside the Box.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 15 May 2024
  • Engineers have added shielding to protect the top of the stainless steel booster from the engine blast.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The weight of the shielding would be even greater except for several tricks that engineers have devised.
    Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
  • But shielding that data can be conspicuous, too.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The connectors are gold-plated and each has multiple shielding.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Waterproof bags are also great for shielding electronics from sand.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2026
  • To alert drivers, warning signs, shielding, message boards and five billboards will be placed around the construction zone.
    Morgan Womack, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023
  • Sunscreens don't have to be heavy to provide adequate UV shielding.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 13 June 2022
  • Some of the radiation emitted by each person is re-absorbed by that person, called self-shielding.
    Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The shielding is designed to catch used to catch any small pieces of deteriorated concrete.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Engine placement and shielding are crucial for noise reduction.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But adding much more shielding might pile on more weight than the rubber-and-metal earthquake-resistant foundation can bear.
    Charles Seife, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
  • This new system provided more shielding than the one used during the Shuttle program.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Standard shielding solutions, such as heavy metals, are expensive and heavy to launch into space.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025

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