Examples of coating in a Sentence
The fabric has a coating that prevents liquids from soaking through.
A light coating of snow had fallen.
There was a coating of ice on the pond.
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The blue sunburst dial, adorned with horizontal relief embossing, is enhanced by applied baton-style hour markers and rounded baton-style hour and minute hands in white gold with a white luminescent coating.
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Just take the glass fruit trend as an example, with kids being scalded by the process of creating the liquid sugar coating at a very high temperature.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Oct. 2024
This tough, triple-layered tissue is specialized to fight off invaders with its thick coating of secretory goo—mucus—and with a cadre of resident immune cells waiting to attack.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Many nonstick coatings are easily scratched by metal cookware, so stick to wood or silicone.
—Lizzy Briskin, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Just take the glass fruit trend as an example, with kids being scalded by the process of creating the liquid sugar coating at a very high temperature.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Oct. 2024
This tough, triple-layered tissue is specialized to fight off invaders with its thick coating of secretory goo—mucus—and with a cadre of resident immune cells waiting to attack.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Many nonstick coatings are easily scratched by metal cookware, so stick to wood or silicone.
—Lizzy Briskin, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Coating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coating. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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coating
noun
coat·ing
ˈkōt-iŋ 
: coat entry 1 sense 3, covering
a coating of ice on the pond
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