How to Use truss in a Sentence

truss

noun

• But for two truss wires in front of him, he might have been ejected from the plane.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Nov. 2021
• The six-stall barn has triple-height, truss beam arched ceilings and a tack room.
  — Lisa Zapalac, Houston Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2017
• Taylor Wilson: And what is the plan for the steel truss structure that fell across the ship?
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
• A cloudless day had sun pouring in through the windows at the top of the arched, steel-truss roof.
  — Tim Booth, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
• Crews will need to do concrete and trail work before putting in the new steel-truss spans.
  — Jamie Hale | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2019
• The remaining three iROSA's will be installed on the right side of the power truss.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2021
• The third set of six is being installed on the far left side of the truss, a segment known as port 6 or P6 for short.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2019
• Workers moved three of its four cranes off the job site, leaving the last one to place an end truss, which is a part of the roof.
  — Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 2 Feb. 2024
• The first array will be installed on the far left end of the station's backbone truss.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 June 2021
• An aide to the governor said that the bridge’s steel trusses may also be used to build up the reefs.
  — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2018
• But when the Dali toppled the Key Bridge, the roadway’s massive steel trusses fell onto the bow of the ship and trapped it.
  — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
• So nobody seemed the least bit bothered that their beloved truss might never see the Seine.
  — Shawn McCreesh, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2021
• In the world of gardening, a truss is simply a stem that holds tomatoes.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
• The cost of preserving the truss would have been expensive, O’Sullivan said.
  — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• Workmen were up on a lighting truss, and sound waves from the Midmer-Losh could have thrown them off.
  — Laura Preston, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
• The roof and walls are supported by 57 trusses that vary in thickness to support the overhang of the curved eave.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 24 July 2018
• The modern cabin has a simple truss frame, two walls of windows, birch wood floors, and a small front deck.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2018
• The space station is equipped with four huge solar array wings, two on each side of the lab's power truss.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2021
• The bow-and-truss halls of the two-acre site are being converted into creative workspace.
  — Patric Kuh, Los Angeles Magazine, 30 Aug. 2017
• The two-way truss rod helps prevent warping and can be adjusted with an Allen wrench.
  — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2018
• Made of translucent fiberglass fabric coated with Teflon, and moving on a steel truss, the roof lets light in so the grass doesn't die.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 14 Feb. 2023
• When the truss is completed, no one knows for sure whether the French will actually take it.
  — Shawn McCreesh, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2021
• The wood trusses involved in this latest collapse are not the top-chord hung trusses that were found at the gym and the thrift store, which both had flat roofs.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
• The 4,370-square-foot floor plan contains open-truss ceilings, four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
  — Neal J. Leitereg and Lauren Beale, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
• Overhead truss lighting fills the hangar with hues of red, green and blue, and lighting from above simulates snowflakes.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
• More than half of the trusses are set, and workers have installed large sections of the actual roofing in the east and west ends.
  — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2017
• The new dome would be a stronger steel truss structure with a smaller field, as opposed to the inflatable structure that collapsed in the spring of 2018.
  — Tad Vezner, Twin Cities, 23 July 2019
• The estate sports an open timber truss design and is topped with a custom Italian slate roof.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2023
• This bridge's structural system is defined as an arched truss bridge with a deck suspended from the truss.
  — Adel Abdelnaby, CNN, 17 May 2021
• As part of the renovation, though, an enormous truss was constructed that would arch over the area.
  — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 7 June 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024