How to Use sheathe in a Sentence

sheathe

verb

• Becca, still sheathed in her one-on-one dress, greets him.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
• The building was to be sheathed in marble from quarries north of Athens, the vein of marble used to build the Parthenon.
  — Colleen Long, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2017
• The weather crisps, green and yellow leaves sheathe the sidewalks, and the city looks more out of a film than ever.
  — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023
• The building will be sheathed in marble from quarries north of Athens —the same vein of marble that was used to build the Parthenon.
  — Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2017
• It was sheathed in cling-wrap, as a protection against the fiery sting of police pepper spray.
  — Time, 5 July 2019
• Then the shape becomes clearer: the curve of the oak ribs and planks of a ship’s side, iron bolts, the keel and what must have been the stern, the broken rudder, sheathed in copper.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2023
• The next day, the girls were back in the blackberry patch, their arms and hands sheathed in black lisle stockings to guard against the thorns, and hats pulled low over their faces to shield the sun.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 3 May 2020
• The world will soon see whether the president’s tweets of iron can be smoothly sheathed in a diplomatic glove.
  — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 25 June 2018
• The walls in the master bath are sheathed in a Cole & Son wallpaper, available through Lee Jofa.
  — Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 7 Sep. 2017
• The concrete structure will be sheathed in marble, and its dome will be lighted from the inside at night.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
• And the glowing transom over the office entrance was sheathed in marble.
  — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• Two centuries ago, almost every roof in the parish was sheathed in wood shingles or shakes.
  — Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2012
• Two centuries ago, almost every roof in the parish was sheathed in wood shingles or shakes.
  — Lindsay Bierman, Southern Living, 11 July 2017
• When the timbered framework and lead sheathing nears completion, at the end of this year, the statues will be put back.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• And Nola paints a portrait of the Obama family, their faces sheathed in smiles.
  — The Editors, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2017
• But then, one year, Garver’s sister gave him a bowtie for Christmas, sheathed in a tube of hard, clear plastic.
  — Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2019
• Two of the GIs hauling the boat downstream are shirtless, their bayonets sheathed at their belts.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2017
• Chicken fared half as well: The dark, succulent thigh meat came sheathed in skin as tough as boudin casing.
  — Brett Anderson, NOLA.com, 23 May 2017
• In the master bedroom, the walls are sheathed in an ivory Jim Thompson silk that Sanchiz had hand-sewn with red silk stripes to give the effect of moldings.
  — Dana Thomas, ELLE Decor, 20 Oct. 2016
• The mini-plane is so sleek and sharp that workers sheathe some of its edges in styrofoam between tests.
  — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 8 May 2017
• Pita sheathing a supple yellow omelet, laced with salt and crunchy za’atar and adorned with a stalk of raw scallion.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2018
• Running at the end of practice, after a couple of hours in the sun, sheathed in shoulder pads and a helmet, is part of practice.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2018
• Houses are sheathed in a thick layer of ice, with icicles layering down from door frames, awnings and rooftops.
  — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2020
• Agnes spends the series sheathed in a drab, severe outfit that effaces her as a person, couture from the House of Orwell.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• The Swedish producer and songwriter, 37, hadn’t been to this house, sheathed in blue glass and immaculate green hedges, in over a year.
  — August Brown, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
• There was a time when a travel pillow meant an inflatable donut sheathed in scratchy plastic.
  — Chaney Kwak, CNT, 30 June 2017
• Subtly strewed aluminum casts of leaves, roots and even anchovies lie on the floor, or else on tatami mats sheathed in sheets of pale silicone.
  — Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Decker said, gazing at her daughter, sheathed in the red floor-length gown and donning Decker’s blue and brown cowgirl boots.
  — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 13 Apr. 2018
• Juicy and sheathed in a crackly, parmesan-herb crust, these pork chops are a completely foolproof, quick-and-easy weeknight meal.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• With Ridley in charge, the bayonet is sheathed, the olive branch extended.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024