How to Use formwork in a Sentence

formwork

noun

• The balls, acting as a sort of formwork, dictate where the plastic pieces can and cannot go.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 28 Sep. 2018
• The fire department was contacted and is on site working with crews to position the formwork back in place.
  — Ken Lambert, The Seattle Times, 19 Mar. 2018
• And, over the course of each day, an ellipse of light traverses the floor and concrete walls, which were cast in corrugated iron formwork and act as sound diffusers.
  — New York Times, 5 Jan. 2022
• Condensation from the metal formwork and upholstery staples seeped into the foam of the padded walls.
  — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 12 July 2019
• This afternoon, crews working on the Nexus project observed that a formwork system was beginning to lean out from the building.
  — Ken Lambert, The Seattle Times, 19 Mar. 2018
• Fire officials described the incident as a failure of one of the struts supporting a crane at the building’s core, and said the tilt of the crane system caused one of the concrete walls and formwork to lean out.
  — Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2017
• With the seven-foot sled half inside the tent, Ousland took a four-inch formwork nail, chosen for its double-head that makes for a surer grip with a Leatherman, and heated it over a stove flame.
  — Adventure, 23 Dec. 2020
• Its undulating form is made from an orange pigmented shotcrete, a type of concrete that sprays from a hose onto formwork.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 12 June 2019
• Before employing the fleet of buzzing machines, Chaltiel worked with a team of students to build a lightweight geodesic timber frame and cover it with a light formwork of burlap sacks filled with sand.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 27 Sep. 2018
• Tolchinsky designed the formwork for the elevated concrete slabs that were later installed by Gateway, the complaint states.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 July 2022
• Its formwork, made from small strips of wood, is still visible through the white plaster—a deliberate choice intended to convey the building’s handmade nature.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2018
• A daring structure, its cantilevered riverfront sagged the moment the concrete formwork was removed, while damp seeping up from the waterfall -- accessible by stair from the living room--- caused mold as roof-lights leaked.
  — Jonathan Glancey, CNN, 7 June 2017
• Sculptor @WendellCastle’s contributions to design opened eyes to the artistic magnitudes of woodwork, formwork, and furniture.
  — Donald Bradley, kansascity, 22 Jan. 2018
• Sculptor @WendellCastle's contributions to #design opened eyes to the artistic magnitudes of #woodwork, #formwork, and #furniture.
  — Donald Bradley, kansascity, 22 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024