How to Use framing in a Sentence

framing

noun
  • Can a stand-alone unit fit through the framing of the closet?
    Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The blossoms have a natural framing, the way the trees are shaped.
    Matt McClain, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The framing of the house is far from standard, Cummings said.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024
  • How the framing is going to work, how the lenses are going to work, that kind of thing.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Insert a sheet of mirror in the frame, making sure the edges are under the framing.
    Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Reading the book through a modern lens, that framing is hard to reconcile with the text on the page.
    Frankie De La Cretaz, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The stakes are high but feel low, and many of the kills don’t get enough time or the proper framing to really sink in.
    Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2023
  • As time went by, according to his memoir, the events of Blake’s life put his framing to the test.
    Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2023
  • End Game The framing, after all, is not in Notts County’s hands.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The façade is going in place on the first two floors as well as the exterior glass and framing.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 6 Apr. 2023
  • For all his talk of framing, the NMF lacked a sufficient account of genre.
    Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The mention of that framing was the only thing that dispelled Deschamps’s good cheer.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • There are little bits of framing that have to be done to massage it into place.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Our other gripe is that the sofa is a little bit small, and the wood framing doesn’t allow for much give.
    Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 3 July 2023
  • That framing makes ‘Blue Jean,’ while set in the past, an unnervingly present movie.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • The average framing cost is between $7 to $16 per square foot.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 31 May 2023
  • The framing was: ‘Here are protesters outside of Chuck Schumer's house.
    Dell Cameron, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Jonah Heim ranked second in the majors in runs saved via framing.
    Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Framing The expense of framing depends on how large and how many stories your dream home is.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 6 May 2023
  • This includes using the same framing for every video and often the same clothes and hairstyle.
    Kate Lindsay, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
  • So to me, the framing for this election is: This is a choice between community and chaos.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Fungus coats this wool frame, forming the walls and the ceiling, not unlike the way plaster might cover the wood framing of a wall.
    Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Not if the framing is right, reports Times art critic Christopher Knight.
    Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The hollow framing makes this light and easy to reposition.
    Olivia Muenter, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Beyond that, though, the strangeness of Khan’s framing cannot be overstated.
    Vulture, 16 June 2023
  • Her assistant director waves her over to approve the framing of the next shot.
    Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Jenner pulled her brunette hair back into a messy-styled updo with face-framing strands left loose.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Chim tells them that the globetrotting tour from which Neil Armstrong had just returned on that day was key to her framing of the event.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023
  • Now, as her bangs arch out with two shorter, face-framing strands, bold thick eyeliner spans from the upper to the lower lash line.
    Chelsea Avila, Allure, 19 Dec. 2022
  • As everything starts to collapse, Yates brings the film back around to that ridiculous mock-doc framing device.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023

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