How to Use plating in a Sentence

plating

noun
  • The gold plating looks nice, but the cheap ones do the same job.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Pieces of the tank’s steel plating, some the size of a two-story house front, were blown 100 yards by the blast.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • The state also changed the method of testing for cannabis from a plating method to a qPCR.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2022
  • The breadcrumb armour-plating of the fish had been partly singed by the grill, and the prongs of my fork bent on it.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 31 May 2017
  • The plating had been installed eight to 10 years before the sinking, the NTSB said.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
  • The gold medals only have six grams of gold plating on it, as the rest is pure silver.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
  • The ring is designed with a brass base with rose gold plating and enamel.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
  • His father worked at the post office and at a chrome-plating plant.
    N. R. Kleinfield and J. David Goodman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2016
  • The plating is artful, and the flavors are even better.
    Story and Photos By Christopher Smith, kansascity.com, 2 June 2017
  • The plating will be anchored in place with thick, steel cables.
    Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The hull could also be fitted with extra plating to put the vessel in the ice class.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 July 2022
  • The plating was gorgeous and the dishes were vibrant with pops of green that felt at home with the restaurant’s decor.
    Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024
  • There’s matching gold plating on the panel of each door, along the seats, around the windows, and throughout the dashboard.
    Natalie Arroyo Camacho, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The judges walked the giant hall with clipboards, peeked under hoods and crawled on their hands and knees to inspect the chrome plating.
    Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2021
  • A large hole in the hull, not seen when the ship was in the water, is shown patched with metal plating and large steel bars securing the plates.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2017
  • There will be glossy mahogany details adorning the flanks and polished plating on the bow and stern.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 July 2023
  • Keep in Mind: It should be treated with care as gold plating will tarnish over time.
    Molly Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The plating was essential because the winner would be decided on the picture and not the taste of the food.
    Sanderia Faye, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The fish are so bright and fresh-tasting with these herbs and flowers, and this plating is beautiful.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2013
  • It’s made with a 41mm black IP (ion plating) stainless steel case, a 20mm lug for a black leather strap and black dial that’s sleek and stylish on the wrist.
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, the provenance and plating of the food may be irrelevant to many room-service users.
    Lauren Lipton, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The shallow bowl allows for some creative plating, with the tall curved rim as a good medium for swooshed sauces and purees.
    Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The two-year initiative to plant more trees around five Hartford schools ended Tuesday with the plating of the 125th tree.
    Abigail Brone, courant.com, 14 June 2019
  • And with the elimination of the plate, the evolution of plating may have come full circle.
    Julia Moskin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The Gaines' favorite details are present in their plating: rustic, simple, and lots of wood.
    Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • That’s because steel plating will be fitted just under the road and on top of the concrete boxes.
    Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • This dome ring is made with 18-karat solid-gold vermeil, not to be confused with plating.
    Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Now, what's the difference between gold fill and gold plating?
    Sarah Madaus, SELF, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The fish is fresh, and their plating impeccable – peep the ceviche with a crispy dough halo dotted with avocado puree.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Its piers were protected only by narrow granite islands wrapped in steel plating.
    Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024

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