How to Use cladding in a Sentence

cladding

noun
  • The fire prompted a wave of inspections in similar high-rise buildings across the country, unveiling widespread use of flammable cladding.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Some say the fire spread quickly because of the cladding on the outside.
    Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 22 May 2018
  • Or opt for the fancier Alltrack, with cladding and the littlest of lifts.
    Jeff Sabatini, Car and Driver, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The risk of ones involving cladding have been known about for three decades.
    The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The two-level house of steel and glass has cladding of concrete, zinc, and walnut.
    Elisabeth Malkin, ELLE Decor, 9 Aug. 2016
  • The treehouse is made from chestnut, with hazel, stag horn oak and larch nest cladding.
    Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 23 May 2019
  • Rain and snow had left damp patches on the exterior cladding, which still had the scent of the sawmill.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • And some of the sidings, some of the the cladding, the curtain walls are actually made out of mushrooms.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Due to the light-colored stone used for the floors and the external cladding, the structure came to be known as Travertine House.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
  • On trails, the Bronco wants a wide berth, and while the paint is durable, the plastic cladding scratches easily.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The cladding, from which All-Clad takes its name, is also important.
    Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But at Grenfell, the fire spread from the outside in, leaping up the sides of the building on the cladding and into apartments through the windows.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2017
  • Black cladding is everywhere, from the new front fascia to the fenders to the rear corners — even the hood gets a big black decal.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The Orange County Title building was covered with a cladding in the 1960s.
    Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot, 23 Oct. 2019
  • This light cladding was not able to withstand hurricane-force winds.
    Michel Bruneau, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The cladding will turn gray with time; the south side, which is exposed to more direct sunlight, will transform more quickly than the north.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The speed at which the fire engulfed the 24-story Grenfell Tower raised questions about the external cladding on the block.
    Michael Holden, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 June 2017
  • Her eyes swept the area beneath the window and settled upon a gutter meant to catch bits of cladding and debris that might fall from the roof.
    Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Ditto howling wind and spray, which are walled out by big wrap-back lenses and wide temples with sticky cladding at the ears.
    Outside Online, 15 May 2018
  • That means the cost to him personally for removing the cladding could run into the tens of thousands of pounds.
    Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2021
  • More than 400 high-rise buildings with the same cladding were identified by the government.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The custom dog kennels are accessed from both inside the van and from the rear, and include wipe clean cladding to keep things from getting messy.
    Megan Barber, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The second phase of the inquiry will begin in the new year and will focus on the events leading up to the night of the fire, such as how the tower came to be wrapped in combustible cladding.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Black lower body cladding and wheel arches are standard.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 27 Jan. 2018
  • The Apex is airtight, with a flat, noncombustible roof, toughened windows and steel cladding.
    New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • And there's a crossover version that adds unpainted cladding and a bit more ground clearance.
    Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The stainless steel cladding defines the exterior of the building.
    John L. Dorman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
  • High-shine brass cladding around the sink and cabinets, meanwhile, amplifies the room, not to mention gives the scheme a glam Midas touch.
    Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Ciao Lucia founder Lucy Akin echoes the same sentiment—her house is full of its original pine cladding.
    Alyssa Clough, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The Nano Suisse is based on a double-axle trailer and finished in red cedar cladding with aluminum accenting.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024

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