How to Use stanchion in a Sentence

stanchion

noun

• Just one of those things, the puck kind of hits the stanchion.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
• The stanchions where cows were milked still remain, along with the horse stalls.
  — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2017
• At the bottom of the fiberglass rod is a stanchion, and that’s what the flag would be attached to.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2020
• The bump sent the Kings’ bouncy center stumbling all the way to the basket stanchion.
  — Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021
• At one point in one of the videos, the stanchions holding in the line were knocked over, and a Broward County sheriff’s deputy was shoved to the ground.
  — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 9 May 2017
• The game saw players on both teams flying into the stanchion and crashing to the court.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
• And Stephenson was so fired up after a huge dunk - for two of his 12 points in the game - that he head-butted the goal's padded stanchion.
  — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 9 July 2018
• Bases are made of steel stanchions and are covered in hard rubber.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 23 Sep. 2019
• One man swings a metal stanchion at the attackers, who then push him against a car and punch and kick him, the video shows.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
• The frame, body, and chainstays are metallic; the stanchions are golden; and the saddle, fork, and fenders are white.
  — Claire Martin, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2018
• And Stephenson was so fired up after a huge dunk Sunday - for two of his 12 points in the game - that he head-butted the goal's padded stanchion.
  — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• Coral gilds the stanchions, feathered with dim Atlantic light.
  — Connie Bruck, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2018
• Finally, James missed his third straight free throw in the last 64 seconds of the half, then walked down the lane to the padded basket stanchion and head-butted it.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• Joe Ingles tossed a ball at the padded stanchion after being fouled.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2021
• Curry launched it, trying for a shot that needed to go up and over the stanchion, the shot clock and the backboard in order to swish through the basket.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 5 Oct. 2019
• Look at the design of the shelters at the stations, with their bold stanchions, curved roofs surmounted by heavy finials.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• Bouncing his head off the padded back stanchion of the basket to celebrate a bucket.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2022
• The whole thing is perched on concrete stanchions in a meadow; as with City Hall, one is meant to ascend to a kind of shining city on a hill.
  — Anthony Flint, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
• The basket stanchion blocks half the court like a shutdown cornerback.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2020
• One of the biggest changes: The stanchions where passengers line up to board have video monitors.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• The cutter sustained a bent stanchion and some bent handrails, according to the Coast Guard, while Cod received a tiny nick in its bow stem.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 15 June 2021
• Standing at the back of the concessions line, which even at 3:30 a.m. continued to snake beyond the stanchions, Bakalli smiled.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
• Folding tables and chairs were cordoned off with stanchions and rope.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• Upset with himself, Okobo punched the basket stanchion as Phoenix trailed 79-77.
  — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 25 Nov. 2019
• After a steal, Dylan Windler raced up the floor for a transition dunk and got clubbed in the head and shoved into the stanchion by Kyle Kuzma.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2021
• Members of both teams stood along the baselines as the managers and starters were announced and emerged from the dugout between four stanchions that spit sparks into the air.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 May 2018
• But after Troy Brown Jr.’s tying layup with three minutes to play in the third, George bounced the ball off of the stanchion’s padding in frustration.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• But there are frequent bottlenecks; near the shoreline and around the stanchions, the walkway can be as narrow as five feet.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024
• For Cavs games, there are five courtside LED tables and several stanchions near the hoops.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Magnolia Press was set up for a long and winding queue, with rows of stanchions and chains leading to a white marble counter.
  — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024