sheeting

Example Sentences

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After the fire broke out, orange flames burned a hole through the sheeting that covers the venue, which is in a former aerodrome.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Beigbeder said that such learning centres, often located in schools or near displacement camps, consisted of metal structures covered with plastic sheeting or of tents.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

The script works in as many callbacks as possible: spooky mannequins under plastic sheeting, tacky parade floats with giant fiberglass clams, Hewitt hollering her memorable line: “What are you waiting for?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

The flooding began with a heavy downpour that sent water sheeting off the hillsides and into creeks.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

He got out the plastic sheeting from the knapsack but there was hardly enough of it left to cover them and after a while it began to rain.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy