furring

Example Sentences

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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

You’d have to cut back any existing furring strips that are on the concrete block so the wide strips of plywood would fit tightly against the concrete block.

From Washington Post

Place them on 1×2 furring strips so that the bottom rails will be flush with the storage openings, and clamp them back together.

From Time