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sheathe

[sheeth] / ʃið /


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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

I look deep into his eyes as I sheathe my sword.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

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

At its heart was a 12ft tall emblem of the Hindu god Shiva, sheathed in gold encrusted with rubies and pearls.

From BBC Jan. 17, 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

A banana flower sheathed in claret bracts hung from a scruffy, torn-leafed tree.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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

Without proper ventilation, heat and moisture can cause sheathing and rafting to rot, he said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 10, 2023

Flames soon rose into the attic, crowded with rafters and sheathing.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2023

When they came upon the iron bars and the distinctive copper sheathing that was also mentioned in the documents they had studied, they knew they had found the São José.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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