tarp

Example Sentences

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As a blue tarp was pulled off it, audience members could hear a snapping noise as the bronze figure it was shrouding suddenly appeared to drop in height.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

A mountain of chairs set against the backdrop of a tarp curtain is the starting point for a production that recaps Shakespeare’s War of the Roses saga.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

A memorial that has sprung up in front of the bar, loaded with flowers, candles and messages of grief and support, was covered in an igloo-like tarp Thursday to protect it from the heavy snowfall.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Mr. Wink conjures a land of “trees like skyscrapers, like celestial tent pegs pounded into the earth to hold the black tarp of the sky in place.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

If we had rain the next day, or if the sun was blistering hot, we would all be under the green tarp together, saying good-bye to Aunt Florentine.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles