How to Use chain-link fence in a Sentence

chain-link fence

noun

• The car bent a chain-link fence and left tire ruts in the grass.
  — Fatima Hussein, Indianapolis Star, 31 Oct. 2017
• The chain-link fence that wraps the site has been wrapped in tarps, the kind many people used to keep their homes dry on the streets.
  — Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
• Installing 6-foot-high chain-link fence from behind the plate to the dugouts along the first- and third-base lines.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2017
• There is standing water in the patchy grass, cracks in the outfield wall and weeds curling through the chain-link fences.
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 21 Jan. 2018
• In the backyard, surrounded by a chain-link fence, a blue swing set was cordoned off with yellow crime-scene tape.
  — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• The ground was muddy and the chain-link fence protecting the containers listed to the side.
  — Laura Blewitt, Bloomberg.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• Robbins showed up with his wife and her parents, proceeded through a gate in the chain-link fence and strolled slowly to the plane’s stairs.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
• Some protesters arrived on bikes, locked them to a chain-link fence and then walked into the crowd still wearing their helmets.
  — Leah Sottile, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
• The three people, whose images were captured on video camera, peeled back a chain-link fence to enter the property.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• The ball got stuck in the chain-link fence, and though Frazier circled the bases, he was sent back to second with a ground-rule double.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2017
• Two women began to cry, one dropping to her knees on the sidewalk while the other leaned against a chain-link fence, as others tried to comfort them.
  — Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2017
• On Friday night, a divisive sign was hung on a chain-link fence separating the properties, Rice said.
  — Max Londberg, kansascity, 26 Oct. 2017
• During the chase, Odum rammed four patrol cars and smashed through a chain-link fence before crashing into a ditch and ran away, according to his arrest affidavit.
  — Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• But a small group of children hangs back, forming a single-file line against a chain-link fence, and waits to be led home by adults in what’s called a ‘walking school bus’ — which doesn’t actually involve a bus.
  — Talia Richman, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2017
• What looks to be an American Staffordshire Terrier rumbles along a chain-link fence marking its territory.
  — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• The protesters walked down the hill to the makeshift chapel, and in one last act of defiance, moved the chapel from the edge of the easement into the land cordoned off for the pipeline, an area that would soon be enclosed by a chain-link fence.
  — Mike Argento, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2017
• The entrance of the bar is an eerie walk through overgrown plants and past chain-link fences mimicking the entrance to Hawkins National Laboratory.
  — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 18 Aug. 2017
• Neal approached the chain-link fence and locked eyes with the dog.
  — Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post, 23 June 2020
• The man jumped over a chain-link fence in a Crestway Drive yard.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2019
• As the group peered through a chain-link fence, a pickup truck sped up the road and blocked the group in.
  — David Gelles, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• The owner of the pit bulls said her dogs pushed open the chain-link fence gate in her yard.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2020
• The walkway was lined on each side by a chain-link fence and a green rail.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
• The large snake was wrapped around a chain-link fence in East Potomac Park.
  — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 25 May 2018
• The man had climbed on the outside of the chain-link fence barrier.
  — Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 3 July 2019
• Some of the facade was torn off her home and her chain-link fence was bent.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
• Across the road was an encampment of tents and lean-tos along a chain-link fence.
  — CBS News, 6 July 2024
• He, like most growers, had to put up chain-link fences and hire a guard.
  — Mark Stevenson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• Turns out, the cat was wedged between a chain-link fence and a building.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2021
• The valve equipment appears to have been protected by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire.
  — Juan A. Lozano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
• As the camera peers over a chain-link fence, in a trademark Solondz long shot, Brandon lets down his guard and uneasily kisses Dawn.
  — Elena Saavedra Buckley, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024