Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of scaffold
And against all odds, Jane survived the show trials that took her sister-in-law and husband and their friends to the scaffold, as well as the purges of new queens.
—
Phillipa Gregory, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
The fruit, which grow in clusters on the trunk and scaffold branches, are jumbo size compared to ordinary figs, reaching four inches across.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
These could be made into such things as scaffolds for tissue engineering, or used to stem bleeding or to absorb oil spills.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
The interweaving crime-movie and possible alien-abduction threads vining around the empty skeleton at this movie’s center never quite cohere, and on-camera interviews with any number of the criminal teens offer no emotional scaffold to grab onto.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scaffold
Phillipa Gregory, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
The fruit, which grow in clusters on the trunk and scaffold branches, are jumbo size compared to ordinary figs, reaching four inches across.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
These could be made into such things as scaffolds for tissue engineering, or used to stem bleeding or to absorb oil spills.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
The interweaving crime-movie and possible alien-abduction threads vining around the empty skeleton at this movie’s center never quite cohere, and on-camera interviews with any number of the criminal teens offer no emotional scaffold to grab onto.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scaffold
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaffold
Noun
-
The assassination of Charlie Kirk raised fears of political violence in America as well as questions about the responsibility of social media companies pertaining to images of violence posted on their platforms.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
-
This car is a rolling research platform, validating materials and aero solutions that will influence future hypercar engineering.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
The rule change resulted in Hernandez sharing podium spots with female athletes who finished behind the trans athlete in the state finals.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
-
Payton takes the blame on the podium.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
23 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Scaffold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaffold. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share