Examples of railing in a Sentence
He leaned on the deck's railing and watched the sun set.
they had to put a childproof railing on the balcony when the baby started walking
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The hectic experience didn’t stop there: Winslet also recalled banging her knee on the railing a few times and needing multiple takes to get everything just right.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 12 June 2024
Trey Cabbage appeared to make a leaping catch at the short wall, but dropped it when his left arm hit the railing of the wall, causing the ball to fall into the stands and give the Angels their first walk-off win of the season.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
As court records indicate, there was no question that the railing had fallen into disrepair.
—Jacob Leuze, Miami Herald, 18 May 2024
The impact sent those railings, guardrails and roughly 50,000 tons of steel and concrete tumbling into the Patapsco River.
—Hayes Gardner, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 12 June 2024
Trey Cabbage appeared to make a leaping catch at the short wall, but dropped it when his left arm hit the railing of the wall, causing the ball to fall into the stands and give the Angels their first walk-off win of the season.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
As court records indicate, there was no question that the railing had fallen into disrepair.
—Jacob Leuze, Miami Herald, 18 May 2024
The impact sent those railings, guardrails and roughly 50,000 tons of steel and concrete tumbling into the Patapsco River.
—Hayes Gardner, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Railing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railing. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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railing
noun
rail·ing
ˈrā-liŋ 
1
: a barrier (as a fence) consisting of rails and their supports
2
: material for rails
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