Example Sentences

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Amidst the tarps and makeshift barbecue, a lady named Maggie said she is hoping to find somewhere permanent after 10 years on the street.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

To create a movement, though, Pratt does not need to know what causes seas of tarps and tents.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Her detailed, beautifully lighted paintings, of humble industrial scenes of corrugated ductwork, draped construction tarps and snaking wires, elevate these humble, utilitarian objects into tactile formal experiments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Iran can control the strait using missile launchers hidden under tarps on the back of pickup trucks.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

She sees me through the crack in the layered tarps and whimpers a little.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth