How to Use chain-link fence in a Sentence

chain-link fence

noun
  • It is surrounded by a chain-link fence hung with dark canvas.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The school is largely surrounded by a chain-link fence.
    baltimoresun.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The dock, along a popular walking path, is cordoned off with a chain-link fence.
    Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The valve equipment appears to have been protected by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire.
    Juan A. Lozano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • And Building 12 - which held his classroom - is ringed by a chain-link fence.
    The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Orange paper hearts, each with the name of a Parkland shooting victim, adorned a chain-link fence.
    Esmeralda Bermudez, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • When he was done working out, Syndergaard signed autographs for fans draped over the chain-link fence along the right-field warning track.
    Noah Trister, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
  • That bridge is low, unsightly, topped by chain-link fence, mounted on pilings that sprout from the river and a source of staccato thumping from tires smacking pavement joints.
    Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Three police officers arrived outside a small house with a chain-link fence near the University of Arizona campus in Tucson.
    David G. Savage, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Since its closure in 1990, the building, which includes a nine-story office tower, has been heavily vandalized and was boarded up with a chain-link fence erected around the base.
    Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Neal approached the chain-link fence and locked eyes with the dog.
    Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post, 23 June 2020
  • The man jumped over a chain-link fence in a Crestway Drive yard.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2019
  • As the group peered through a chain-link fence, a pickup truck sped up the road and blocked the group in.
    David Gelles, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The owner of the pit bulls said her dogs pushed open the chain-link fence gate in her yard.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2020
  • The walkway was lined on each side by a chain-link fence and a green rail.
    Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
  • The large snake was wrapped around a chain-link fence in East Potomac Park.
    Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • The man had climbed on the outside of the chain-link fence barrier.
    Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 3 July 2019
  • Some of the facade was torn off her home and her chain-link fence was bent.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Across the road was an encampment of tents and lean-tos along a chain-link fence.
    CBS News, 6 July 2024
  • He, like most growers, had to put up chain-link fences and hire a guard.
    Mark Stevenson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Turns out, the cat was wedged between a chain-link fence and a building.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2021
  • The site of the shootings — the 1200 building — still stands, cordoned off by a chain-link fence.
    Fox News, 30 July 2018
  • Her body was found in a lot on Del Rosa Avenue by a chain-link fence.
    Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2018
  • Video shows the dog lying by itself behind a chain-link fence on the edge of the cliff.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
  • Part of the black chain-link fence around the playground appears to have been forced down some time ago.
    Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Jan. 2022
  • On the other side of a chain-link fence, wet towels slouch on sun loungers.
    Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022
  • In the 1980s, though, some unknown party had built a chain-link fence across it.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Since then, the block has sat quiet behind a chain-link fence.
    John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Lady ran out the back of the home and began jumping against a chain-link fence, King said.
    Jacob Beltran, ExpressNews.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • His dwelling presses against a chain-link fence and relies on cardboard and a blue tarp for shelter.
    Peggy McCarthy, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024

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