How to Use retaining wall in a Sentence

retaining wall

noun

• Part of the truck went over a side of the retaining wall, dropping debris on the road below.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2023
• In the font of the home, a porch, brand-new retaining wall, stairs, and fresh landscaping were also added.
  — Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• There’s a retaining wall at the bottom that looks like soil and water could overflow it in heavy rains.
  — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
• The curve improvements will shift the tracks toward the high school, creating the need for a new retaining wall.
  — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
• As the right tires of the Mustang drove off the retaining wall, the vehicle rolled over on its right side and landed on its roof, state police said.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
• This fast-growing, easy-to-care-for vine can climb a trellis, spill over a retaining wall, or be used as ground cover on a bank or hill.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2024
• The retaining wall between the boat ramp and the campground is a primary focus for repairs.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
• On the other is the massive retaining wall of a high school baseball diamond.
  — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• The property has a 17-foot-high retaining wall along Melrose Drive.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
• This is a good choice for covering a concrete retaining wall.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023
• An ancient retaining wall of a medieval moat and the moat bed were also found, officials said in Dec. 15 and Jan. 7 Facebook posts.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• To save on landscaping costs, build a retaining wall yourself.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023
• Cathedral Rock Trail is being closed to make way for maintenance work that includes rigging and cutting rocks to build a retaining wall and new steps on the trail.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
• Caltrans workers closed off two right lanes on eastbound I-580 just east of Livermore after a retaining wall collapsed and a large crack formed in the fourth lane.
  — Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2023
• But perhaps his most audacious creation is a three-acre lake, big enough to canoe in, which was built by fixing a retaining wall against sloped land fed by two brooks.
  — Curbed, 29 Dec. 2023
• The next summer, fearing the pipe would break, the utility installed an underground retaining wall to protect it.
  — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 25 July 2024
• The man eventually jumps over a retaining wall to escape the others before producing a gun and aiming toward them, the video shows.
  — Joe Sutton, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
• The outlet said islanders are building a retaining wall to help prevent future damage.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
• Blasted rocks have been buried, drainage infrastructure has been installed in front of the school and in the west field area, and retaining wall work has resumed, according to the construction report.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
• In addition, building a stone retaining wall is pretty easy.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2023
• Officers continued to chase the Sonata until the driver lost control and crashed into a retaining wall, police said.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
• Roughly six feet of the pavement and a portion of a masonry retaining wall that supported the highway fell into the ocean about 170 below the road, according to his office.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
• In March, the city sought artists to fill the wall with a mural that depicts themes of movement, justice, and connectivity as part of a larger goal to decorate the road's 500-foot-long retaining wall with murals over the next five years.
  — Michael Main, arkansasonline.com, 18 June 2024
• The 74-year-old pointed down at a massive concrete retaining wall that was badly damaged by Hilary’s torrential rains.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• That includes replacing a retaining wall and dealing with drainage issues, Rebensdorf said.
  — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• The application for demolition said the stone retaining wall and piers would be preserved and landscaping work performed after the removal of the debris.
  — Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 11 Dec. 2023
• Advertisement The caller says the victim is seated under a concrete retaining wall, sheltering from gunfire with a gunshot wound to his left side.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• After hitting the two cars, Franklin’s sedan caromed into eastbound traffic on Glisan, striking two more cars, before finally coming to a stop against a concrete retaining wall, court records state.
  — oregonlive, 27 June 2023
• There are a lot of places in Southern California where flowering weeds and ornamental shrubbery spilling over the freeway retaining wall are the most accessible plants around.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
• In the Bronx borough, a seven-story apartment building was vacated Sunday evening after a retaining wall collapsed, fire officials said.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 May 2023

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024