How to Use roofing in a Sentence

roofing

noun

• He did some roofing in the summer.
• The next phase will test cool roofing, with GAF retrofitting a few homes and more to come if the test is successful.
  — Edwin Flores, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Anyone from a plumber to an HVAC expert to a roofing pro could be the one to save the day when a crisis hits.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2023
• Trees and shrubs go through a growth spurt in the spring, so by now some branches may be close enough to scrape paint or roofing.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• However, there was a 10-foot-wide strip of roofing from the peak to the drip line that was in very good condition.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Officers checked the area for the flatbed, said to contain roofing supplies, but did not locate it.
  — cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
• Among the Roman ruins were 100 coins, fragments of pottery and roofing tiles.
  — Caolán Magee, CNN, 14 June 2023
• But the structure is largely intact, except for the roofing.
  — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022
• Two foremen of the metal roofing crew were in a lift that ended up too close to a power line and the lift’s control shorted out.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 10 Aug. 2022
• Pieces of roofing and heavy panels for a solar water heater had been blown off and were landing on his fence.
  — Riley Mellen, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Among the issues: The concourse roofing was supposed to have firm bracing every 10 feet.
  — Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022
• Forty percent of the bank’s business is solar roofing, or $8 million out of $20 million a month.
  — Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2023
• In many cases, the iconic sloped roofing can double as a wall—but walls that can’t be used for storage or for hanging decor, or all the above.
  — Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine, 29 Aug. 2022
• In the age of reliable roofing and central heat, a fifth wall of fabric might well be oppressive.
  — Elizabeth Sweet, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2022
• There's a whole extraordinary episode about Bear's first day on a roofing gig.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
• If your gutters are full of leaves and other detrius, water can back up against the house and damage roofing, siding and wood trim.
  — Regina Cole, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• Apply tar paper as a waterproof base over the plywood roof, then use roofing nails to secure the shingles to the plywood.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2023
• The first broad category to think about is addressing your roofing and vents.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
• The house is built on an oval fieldstone foundation, and the gooselike portions of it are formed of roofing material spread over a wood frame.
  — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 9 Apr. 2023
• He's owned a roofing and sheet metal company since 1992.
  — Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2022
• The bathroom floor was rotting out, as was the deck, and the original composition roofing was falling off.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
• On the exterior, the home features wood shake roofing / shingles.
  — Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• Residents have had to start over on roofing and rebuilding projects.
  — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2023
• With bricks and roofing sliced off the chapel, water poured into the organ, soaking and warping wooden windchests and pipes, even the console.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
• But the leaky roof has been among the most notable, and was frustrating for government officials before the re-roofing project was finished.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2022
• The agency also warned of possible damage to roofing, siding and trees.
  — Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2022
• The photo was tilted upward and showed the complicated base construction work for the walls and roofing of one of the rooms, along with large sliding doors already built in.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
• The tornado touched down at 10:41 p.m. Wednesday near Ellen Drive and took shingles off a nearby home, knocked over a fence and took metal roofing from a shed, wrapping it around a street sign.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 4 Apr. 2022
• The construction workers most likely to die from drugs are roofers, and roofing is super dangerous.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• Around the block, roofing contractor Edward Au stood supervising a team of workers, a cell phone cradled in his hand.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024