sheathed

Example Sentences

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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

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

“My real self was like a kernel of corn sheathed in yards of concrete - as insulated as the nuclear material at Chernobyl.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2023

Charlie still lives at the same address, in a small teardropshaped camping trailer sheathed in rust-pocked tin, without plumbing or electricity, tucked behind the much larger blue-and- white mobile home where McCandless slept.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer