sheathe

You know those wool pockets that pro players sheathe over their golf clubs?

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

Architect Daniel Huntington’s Hotel Piedmont even went so far as to use a large quantity of art tile from the Malibu Tile Company to sheathe the street-level facades.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

Most migraine researchers think that the pain of an attack is generated by increased firing of the trigeminal nerves, which carry sensory information from the face and the meninges that sheathe the brain.

From Nature ● Oct. 13, 2020

Others rely on a system that can sheathe a painting with a hard surface on command—useful both for security and to protect the art when residents are away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2015

Jason wasn’t quite sure whether to sheathe his sword.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Priced at $12 for a pack of 30, the square sheathes are prized by comedian Rebel Wilson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2019

In the master bedroom, it sheathes a wall floor to ceiling.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2017

It sheathes its titular patriarch with muscles and weighs him down with worldly worries.

From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2017

You are now more likely to see a bouquet laden with sheathes of grass, arching vines of clematis, Fritillaria bulbs and flowering purple basil than just a polite cluster of roses or calla lilies.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2017

The trees around are denuded, as if they’ve been burnt; webbing sheathes their trunks.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

One cartoon posted on X by Chinese state media depicted her in Japanese Imperial Army uniform, a sheathed sword at her side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

"We strongly advise that you keep this tool concealed, sheathed, and out of sight in public places – preferably in a gardening bag or toolbox rather than on your belt," it added.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025

A gate in the barrier opened and Border Patrol, Marines and Army officials showed reporters how both fences were now sheathed in concertina wire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025

It would replace the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building in downtown Washington, which is sheathed in netting to shield passers-by from falling concrete.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

Their robes were bulky, and clearly loaded down with all nature of weaponry sheathed within the folds.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Some of the crucial work done at Bell Labs might now seem mundane: for example, how to fabricate sheathing so undersea cables wouldn’t be chewed through by Toredo worms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

Was it because, while each character dresses conservatively, Flo’s wardrobe obliterates any trace of curves by sheathing her in a bulky apron?

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

When the timbered framework and lead sheathing nears completion, at the end of this year, the statues will be put back.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023

Air infiltration can vary wildly, but modern construction methods, where a tape is applied over the seams of the exterior sheathing as well as around all windows and doors, keeps it to a minimum.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

Pet heaved a sigh and pulled itself together, sheathing the threat it had been sending out.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi