How to Use shed in a Sentence

shed

1 of 2 noun

• Mom came out of the shed, squinting in the bright light.
  — Longreads, 12 Jan. 2023
• The floors of the shed were concrete, and the walls were plywood.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2023
• What does the phrase ‘when the Frisco left the shed’ mean and what was your vision?
  — Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 5 July 2022
• One is being shot in the head; one is being hot in the shed.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
• My guess would be Santa versus the Kill Squad in the shed.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2022
• About a quarter to a third of the weight shed is lean body mass, and most of that is muscle.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2024
• The fire involved a shed, a wood fence, a utility pole and wood stored in the yard.
  — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• On the last try, one of the straw shingles came loose, causing Duncan to fall off the shed.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2023
• His brain exploded out of his head, hit the ceiling in the shed and dropped to his feet.
  — Fox News, 8 Feb. 2023
• The property has a shed and a landscaped yard with brick walls.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• The blaze erupted in the shed before spreading to the back of the home, where the residents were asleep, Levy said.
  — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• At the end of that line, authorities found a shed with 10 dead cats.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• The climax of the episode is the scene between Joe and the robber in the shed, which leads to the robber dying by suicide.
  — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 17 July 2022
• While many still like the sheds and restaurants want to keep them, others say there is no longer a need for them.
  — Deepti Hajela, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
• The guards started by throwing grenades into the shed, which held some 150 men.
  — New York Times, 30 July 2021
• Many mud-brick houses and farm sheds were still in ruins.
  — Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
• The house also includes a two-car garage and storage shed.
  — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
• The shed is offered in four different sizes, each of which is six feet wide.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
• The couple was on a staycation and Ken Smith − who still wakes up around 4 a.m. − was out in his shed.
  — Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
• These deck chairs fold flat to be neatly stacked against a wall, on a mounting rack, or tucked away in a shed.
  — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
• Their metal sheds grow scalding hot by day and frigid by night.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• That’s what’s been driving a lot of the opposition to these sheds.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2023
• The ranch also has an equipment barn and storage sheds.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
• When O’Connor was punished as a child and made to sleep outside in the garden shed, her mother would turn off all of the lights in the house.
  — The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Then, Jones helped put Clinkscales’ body in the shed and Hyde retrieved a bag, presumed to be money, from Clinkscales’ car.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 10 Dec. 2021
• The rest were stored in a shed, where weather—and possums—destroyed all but a few hundred.
  — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
• The caller saw a man open the shed, speak to the minors and then lock the shed behind him, authorities said.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
• The local hunter has been told not to shoot the piglet – nicknamed Frieda – and in winter Stapel plans to put it in the shed with the mother cows.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
• There was also damage to a metal shed there, Snyder said.
  — Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 3 Apr. 2024
• Craddock suggested once in the morning and again at night, focusing on sheds, crawl spaces and tarps.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024

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shed

2 of 2 verb

• The stock shed more than 40% of its value since year start.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2024
• New clues may shed light on the killings of at least 42 wild burros in the Mojave Desert.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• Spears doesn’t shed much light on any tension between the two in The Woman in Me.
  — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• So, do as cultures from Asia to the Middle East do, and shed sneakers and boots by the door.
  — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
• Some tears were shed by fans up front by the barricade.
  — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2023
• Over the past six months, the company’s shares have shed more than 9% of their value.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
• None of them have shed much light on what Altman did or did not do that triggered the board to eject him.
  — Will Knight, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2023
• The good news is that apple trees shed a fair amount of their apples anyway.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
• During a Twitch stream on Thursday, Hill shed more light on what may have went down.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Now, a pair of new studies sheds more light on the process of brainworm transmission.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
• Battle for the House: Fundraising reports filed this week shed new light on the fight for the House — here are five takeaways.
  — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• That means shedding the offensive playbook of sets that don’t work, then adding new ones.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
• With her styling, the Princess of Wales proves that the sweater has long since shed its staid image and can indeed be an elegant and chic fall trend.
  — Katharina Fuchs, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
• What could Hamas hope to gain by shedding innocent blood?
  — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
• One is used as a storage shed on the former Ardoch Plantation, on land sold to freed slaves.
  — Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• Doherty also said finding the bodies would shed more light on how the men died.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• Our American brothers and sisters ... do not need to shed blood over this.
  — Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2023
• Champions have champions’ ways, and can be slow to shed them.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2024
• These variables often shed light on what the game’s conveners want to achieve from playing it.
  — Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2023
• If any regrets lingered, Blake clearly shed them long, long ago.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
• Hotels and restaurants, where pay is lower, shed a few thousand jobs.
  — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• The Heat are without second-round picks in the next seven drafts, with most utilized to shed salary in regard to the salary cap and luxury tax.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• Now researchers are shedding light on why brown rats are the undisputed winners of the real rat race.
  — CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
• More recent research has shed new light on the stone’s legendary origins, which may take away some of its mystery.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2023
• For every pound shed, 25% comes from muscle and 75% from fat, on average.
  — Judith Graham, oregonlive, 19 July 2023
• Not a big problem, but the Browns are shedding 2023 salary cap room by reworking contracts.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
• In the accompanying visuals for the song, Megan is reimagined as a snake, shedding her skin in front of the world.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 3 Nov. 2023
• High-rises would need armies of those household-size two-wheeled bins and nonexistent alleys or sheds to store them.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2023
• The records shed light on the deadly shootout and ensuing standoff, as well as the ripple effects across Charlotte on one of the worst days in history for the city’s public safety forces.
  — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024
• The incident could shed light on the origins of self-medication for wounds, which was mentioned by humans in a medical manuscript dating to 2200 B.C.E., the Guardian writes.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024

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