sheath

Example Sentences

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One was for a spyglass, one for a whorly, whistling shell, and one for a fat red pocketknife in a sheath.

From Literature

He took out his dagger, still in its sheath, and set it on the table, just in case.

From Literature

Demyelination is the process in which the myelin sheath -- a protective, insulating layer surrounding nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord -- is damaged or destroyed.

From Science Daily

The road ahead, once hidden in a sheath of forest, is now a scar carved into the side of a landscape of exposed soil and the standing carcasses of tens of thousands of blackened trees.

From Los Angeles Times

Oligodendrocytes, the cells that produce myelin to insulate nerve fibers, expressed fewer genes required for maintaining and regenerating the myelin sheath.

From Science Daily