furring

Example Sentences

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The shocking thing is that the flue gases had escaped from the chimney and could have set the wood framing near the chimney and the wood furring strips on fire.

From Washington Post

If flue gases had escaped from the chimney, they could have set the wood framing near the chimney and the wood furring strips on fire.

From Seattle Times

Bad cholesterol is one of the main reasons - it leads to blood vessels furring up and becoming easy to block.

From BBC

Bad cholesterol is the villain in heart world - it leads to blood vessels furring up, becoming easy to block which fatally starves the heart or brain of oxygen.

From BBC

I’ll happily scrape off mould, growths, tubers and furring decay like Barbara Hepworth going at a block of limestone.

From The Guardian