tarpaulin

Example Sentences

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Across the nation families and friends rolled out blankets and tarpaulins at parks, temples and even cemeteries over the weekend to eat and drink under cherry trees for traditional "hanami" or flower viewing gatherings.

From Barron's

Instead, men gather for evening prayers in a temporary structure covered in green tarpaulins and with palm leaves for a roof.

From Barron's

Gone is the tarpaulin roof: The Bird Cage is now a fully enclosed, soundstage-like structure.

From Los Angeles Times

There is no running water or electricity and they sleep in makeshift tents made of branches, orange tarpaulins and rocks.

From BBC

The burnt-out shell of the bus was screened off behind white tarpaulins set up across the road, an AFP journalist saw.

From Barron's