How to Use tarp in a Sentence

tarp

noun

• The tent was dark and loud with the hard rain pelting the tarp.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
• The grounds crew had the rare chance to roll out the tarp and cover the infield.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 12 Oct. 2022
• Set the bow in a shady spot under a tarp or in a garage.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
• The tarp is still spread out with the back fully anchored to the ground.
  — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 26 Dec. 2022
• Every now and then, the pair had to dunk the tarp in the water to cool it down.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• The rain lifts, the tarp is rolled up and the national anthem echoes.
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
• To clean the firebox, put down a tarp and remove any fire logs and ash.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 Jan. 2023
• Bring a rope and tarp to move the tree from the harvest area to your vehicle.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• The Astros and Phillies worked out on the field Monday before the tarp was put down around 5 p.m.
  — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
• Smith searched around the home and found his mother’s body, covered by a tarp in the driveway of the house.
  — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2022
• In the middle of a dusty trail, a small wolf lies motionless on a tarp.
  — Sebastian Mulder, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
• The wind blows so hard that chunks of rock are placed on the tarp outside to stop it from flying away.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
• The Astros and Phillies both worked out on the field Monday before the tarp was put down around 5 p.m.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 1 Nov. 2022
• To get to the glacier from the road, his students walk across mounds of white tarps, stretched around an ice cave carved for tourists.
  — George Steinmetz Catherine Porter, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
• The police were on the scene as tarps and belongings were dragged away.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
• Rivulets formed on tarps and flowed past trolley tracks.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
• Parking in a garage or wind-protected area, or putting a tarp over the hood.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023
• There is a handful of picnic tables to sit and eat, with a tarp overhead to block the sun.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• The tarp came off the field in time for the scheduled first pitch and the Angels earned a 7-3 win over the Athletics on Sunday.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
• The Tigers announced an 8:45 p.m. start time, only to put the tarp back on the field and continue the rain delay.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
• As of last Friday, the store was wrapped in white construction tarp.
  — Dallas News, 7 Oct. 2022
• Sunlight used to pour into a large french door that was now shaded by the tarp.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Skylights were broken, blue tarps covered the roof and the walls were buckled.
  — David Gelles Erin Schaff, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• The homes of people who did not benefit from the grants were covered in blue tarps.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2023
• The blue tarp covering the new street sign finally fell and the crowd erupted.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• Aram walked toward a dirt road that climbed and threaded along a row of stone houses with tin and tarp roofs.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Haiden spots a shallow box of spray paint, covered by a translucent tarp.
  — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
• One by one, the artifacts come out, gently cradled and placed on a tarp.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 22 Feb. 2024
• Just in case, have waterproof tarps on hand along with ropes to secure them in place, Sweeney said.
  — Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• Here’s the whole story: The bathroom consisted of a tarp tied between two trees.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024