How to Use railing in a Sentence

railing

noun

• He leaned on the deck's railing and watched the sun set.
• The railing to the right holds stairs that lead down to the ground floor.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2024
• And, of course, the hop over the railing and onto the field.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 11 Oct. 2021
• The receiver climbed up the wall and stood on the railing in front of the seats.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022
• The man got out of the vehicle and had his legs over the side of the railing.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
• Others banged their hands on the top of the dugout railing.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 13 May 2021
• There’s a bed on a floor on a 10-foot drop with no railing.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Aug. 2021
• But as the trooper reached him, the teenager let go of the railing.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
• Joey Bart smashed a two-run homer off the railing above the yellow line in left in the eighth.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
• The man was swaying between the railing of the bridge over the West Branch of the Rocky River and the roadway.
  — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
• The two girls at times hung over the railing, jumped and shouted as the floats and bands passed them by along 14th street.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
• Richard Calderone grabbed onto the teen who was sitting on the railing of the Founders Bridge, ready to jump.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 1 Oct. 2021
• For the second look of the carousel, Bieber wears a light green two-piece while sitting on the railing of a dock.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Jan. 2023
• One of the officers then climbed back over the railing toward the door, Ramos said.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 23 June 2023
• The video shows the shark swimming along the port side of the vessel as students crowd the railing along the boat’s edge for a glimpse of the shark.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2021
• Judge watched the ball clank off the front of the stands, just below two fans who reached over a railing and tried for a catch.
  — Ian Harrison, Chron, 28 Sep. 2022
• Each railing was shaped and contoured to cleanly meet the pole.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 23 June 2023
• Romi looked down over the railing and tried to find the spot where the Sarit woman had hit the ground.
  — Etgar Keret, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2021
• My face in the sun, I was cornered by the railing, and the man kept moving closer.
  — Daniella Lagaccia, refinery29.com, 28 June 2021
• The field sat mostly empty as the three settled against the railing for a talk.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2022
• Part of the tractor ended up on the railing of the interstate.
  — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2022
• Blood riddled the lower railing of the steps to the second floor and blood splatter marked the top of the staircase.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 1 July 2022
• The vehicle crashed into a railing near the 100 block of West 1st Street, and two men ran from the scene.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
• The new bridge will match the look of the one on 68th Street, with more modern piers, a railing and the street name set into the parapet.
  — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2021
• Add a childseat, or rear rack railings, and those pounds will add up.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
• This planter has a smart design, with two side-by-side planters that flank a railing.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2022
• There were also no stair railings at the front entrance and the small rail in the loft area was falling apart.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
• Her face, propped against the railing, was obscured by a stiff veil of unwashed fringe.
  — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
• White’s video shows people clinging to metal railing on the broken gangway, dangling at a steep angle into the water.
  — Russ Bynum and Emily Wagster Pettus, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
• The railings on the staircase and the merchandise racks were created from wrought iron crafted by an Italian artisan and are intended to be reminiscent of provencal buildings.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024