How to Use chain-link fence in a Sentence

chain-link fence

noun
  • There are more barred windows, chain-link fences and cheap apartment blocks.
    www.latimes.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Monroe performs off to the side, behind a section of chain-link fence.
    Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The last of Arkema's workers evacuated, floating over a 6-foot chain-link fence in a small boat.
    Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The home remained fenced off Monday, with yellow caution tape draped over a chain-link fence surrounding the property.
    Jennifer Barrios, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Public works crew on Thursday began erecting plastic barricades topped with chain-link fence around the park and along the key streets that will be blocked off.
    Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The district ended up getting $19 million and eliminating the plan for 8-foot chain-link fences.
    Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The blast propelled one firefighter through the locked doors of Pizzicato and threw another into a chain-link fence and pile of metal.
    OregonLive.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • There are two pillars – both in play -- that jut out a from a chain-link fence where relievers watch the game from the bullpen, and then near center field the top of the fence drops down to 10 feet high.
    Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • On Friday, a tall chain-link fence was erected in front of the DA's office, apparently to thwart demonstrators.
    Darrell Smith, sacbee, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Rally participants tied balloons to the chain-link fence and called on developers to re-purpose the house as a small business or coffee shop instead of tearing it down.
    Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The site will be surrounded by an 8-foot chain-link fence wrapped in black vinyl and, inside that, two rows of 6-foot hedges, according to design plans dated April 4.
    OregonLive.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The chain-link fence, reinforced with barbed wire, anchored in concrete and buttressed in some sections with bunkers and military posts, now runs for much of the 170-mile border.
    Jon Emont, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Gardner, with help from Sandra Gray, uses an arch of crumbling stone and panels that simulate chain-link fence to give the play an architectural, gritty and urban feel.
    Tony Brown, charlotteobserver, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The township also has been replacing aging decorative and chain-link fences and has agreed to put up a fence, under the township’s contract, for a school that borders the municipal building.
    Michaelle Bond, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Authorities said Secret Service agents fired at him after seeing the muzzle of his rifle pointing through a chain-link fence one hole ahead of where Trump was playing.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Dozens of fans peered through a chain-link fence, jazzed for some baseball, calling out to Orel Hershiser as reporters finished up a session with manager Dave Roberts.
    Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 26 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
  • Sue Freeman, 70, of Venice, has a chain-link fence to keep her dog from roaming.
    Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024

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