How to Use sheeting in a Sentence

sheeting

noun
  • We covered the wall with clear plastic sheeting.
  • The sheeting will help warm the soil and keep the heat in place.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Stretch the sheeting over the hole and put the rock on the plastic above your vessel.
    Dan Seitz, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The armory is an A-framed tent of plastic sheeting and tree trunks.
    Sam Kiley, CNN, 7 July 2021
  • Polling places will be free of the plastic sheeting and dividers.
    cleveland, 29 June 2021
  • For one course, a member of the kitchen staff lays out plastic sheeting.
    John Jurgensen, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Cover the parts with plastic sheeting, and leave to cure for a couple of days.
    David Agrell and Eric Weil, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2020
  • Quick hoops can be made with ½-inch PVC pipe, 10 feet long and painter's plastic sheeting and clamps.
    oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2020
  • The origami frame has gone from cardboard to scale to the final ABS steel sheeting.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 Sep. 2020
  • And a leaky roof forces others to break out plastic sheeting.
    Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The cellmate claims Gray told him there was plastic sheeting laying on the floor.
    Natalie Morales, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The plaque is made from metal sheeting recovered from the Maine.
    cleveland, 28 Aug. 2021
  • But as the sun rose, a chorus of coughs arose from the shapeless forms wrapped in blankets and bits of plastic sheeting.
    Mark Stevenson, The Seattle Times, 23 Oct. 2018
  • The site had been screened with opaque plastic sheeting, its perimeter lined with red caution tape.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Above ground, plastic sheeting claps in a freezing wind.
    New York Times, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Let the area re-sprout, then do it again and again — or cover the spot with plastic sheeting to solarize some of the remains after the first try.
    Margaret Roach, New York Times, 8 May 2020
  • That the commissioner is in the building, champagne is on ice and plastic sheeting is ready to be hung.
    Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2018
  • The ship is a simple frame, made of reed, and the water is represented by paint, yarn and plastic sheeting.
    Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The cafeteria has been cordoned off with plastic sheeting to keep groups at a limit of 25, as well.
    Andrew Canulette | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Plastic sheeting stapled onto wooden struts forms the walls and ceiling of the lab.
    Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The landlord put plastic sheeting over the hole; the stars twinkled murkily through.
    Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • Next, drape thin plastic sheeting over the fixture to protect it from paint spatters.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The organic method begins with placing plastic sheeting on top of the grass.
    oregonlive, 13 July 2020
  • Pick up some heavy-duty plastic sheeting, apply a bit of shampoo or olive oil, and crank up the sprinkler.
    Christin Perry, Parents, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Protect your work surface with plastic sheeting or a drop cloth.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The plate is a full sheeting design, with a light blue background, a strip of yellow and the IATA's website at the bottom (iceagetrail.org), and a woolly mammoth along the left side.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2023
  • If there is an open fireplace, vent, pet door or similar opening in the house, close it off with plastic sheeting and strong tape.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Work crews with jackhammer-like devices drive nails through the metal sheeting into the girder to hold them in place.
    John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Caution tape and plastic sheeting still covered the open gap where emergency services had kicked in the door.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 July 2024
  • Towers of almonds, covered haphazardly with plastic sheeting and held down by car tires, become a misty valley; a rainbow ends not in a pot of gold but at an opal-mine junk yard.
    Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024

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