How to Use chicken wire in a Sentence

chicken wire

noun

• Through the chicken wire, Kielland pokes the lynx in a rear haunch.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2022
• Buy a 4-foot-wide roll of chicken wire and then fold it in half in an L shape.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
• To thwart them, make small cages around the bulbs from chicken wire, then bury the bulb inside them.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
• Use a 2-foot tall chicken wire fence with the bottom buried 2 to 3 inches deep.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018
• Cover with a piece of chicken wire, then add a layer of mulch.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 Apr. 2023
• Cut an extra square of chicken wire and shape it into a dome.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
• She was allegedly forced to live in a cage made of chicken wire and covered with a tarp.
  — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 28 July 2018
• Veloster's grille gets a new design, a criss-cross somewhat akin to chicken wire.
  — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2018
• To create this display, ball up the chicken wire and wedge it into the bottom of the bucket.
  — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023
• My neighbor built a compost bin from old pallets and lined it with chicken wire to keep the scraps in and the vermin out.
  — Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 14 June 2022
• That will mean stocking up on chicken wire and chicken food.
  — Ian Cummings, kansascity, 18 Apr. 2018
• Shape a floral support from a ball of chicken wire to fit the container.
  — Natalie Dayton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2021
• Fill the cut-outs with chicken wire to match your home's rustic aesthetic.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2022
• The pair reside in a coop that residents helped build with boards and chicken wire in the larger of two courtyards.
  — Jack Murray, chicagotribune.com, 2 Sep. 2020
• The structure is lined with one-quarter-inch-square chicken wire that goes down 3 feet deep and surrounds the perimeter.
  — Lisa Boone, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• The old bathtub had a mattress-size slab of plaster in chicken wire below it.
  — John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• The same idea applies to the maze walls, formed mostly with fencing, pallets, chicken wire and foam, and set pieces used within the trails.
  — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2022
• Insert a piece of white chicken wire behind the hen's body, then adhere twigs with hot-glue to create legs and feet.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
• Nick reaches over some chicken wire to pull out a bottle that’s been tossed inside.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
• And a sculpture of birds made from chicken wire, to spotlight the area’s migrants and refugees’ travels from their homelands to San Diego.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
• Once the house is covered, Hirning recommends topping the foil shield with chicken wire to help hold it in place as the fire nears and winds pick up.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Sep. 2021
• Six-foot-tall letters -- LKWD -- were crafted by a friend of the club, painted green, lined with moss and covered with chicken wire.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2021
• To deter them, firmly pat the soil over bulbs and cover with bird netting or chicken wire secured with rocks.
  — Marty Ross, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2021
• By 1954 the backstop was held together with chicken wire, with the bleachers close behind.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022
• The outfield fences are blue plastic chicken wire fastened to wooden stakes.
  — Stan Grossfeld, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
• Those in climates where freezes are common should enclose their rosebushes in some chicken wire and fill around the plant with straw mulch.
  — Sunset Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020
• Aroonsakool used chicken wire to make a sculpture reminiscent of a flock of birds.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
• For structural reinforcement, use a floral frog or line the inside of the vase with a cushion of chicken wire.
  — Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• Line the bottoms with hardware cloth (not chicken wire) to exclude hungry gophers.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
• Predator Precautions Maybe one of the most important materials to source when setting up a coop: the wire mesh known as hardware cloth (not chicken wire).
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024