How to Use chicken wire in a Sentence
chicken wire
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Through the chicken wire, Kielland pokes the lynx in a rear haunch.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2022
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Buy a 4-foot-wide roll of chicken wire and then fold it in half in an L shape.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
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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
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Use a 2-foot tall chicken wire fence with the bottom buried 2 to 3 inches deep.
—Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018
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Cover with a piece of chicken wire, then add a layer of mulch.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 Apr. 2023
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Cut an extra square of chicken wire and shape it into a dome.
—Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
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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
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Veloster's grille gets a new design, a criss-cross somewhat akin to chicken wire.
—Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2018
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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
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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
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That will mean stocking up on chicken wire and chicken food.
—Ian Cummings, kansascity, 18 Apr. 2018
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Shape a floral support from a ball of chicken wire to fit the container.
—Natalie Dayton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2021
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Fill the cut-outs with chicken wire to match your home's rustic aesthetic.
—Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2022
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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
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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
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The old bathtub had a mattress-size slab of plaster in chicken wire below it.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
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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
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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
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Nick reaches over some chicken wire to pull out a bottle that’s been tossed inside.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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By 1954 the backstop was held together with chicken wire, with the bleachers close behind.
—Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022
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The outfield fences are blue plastic chicken wire fastened to wooden stakes.
—Stan Grossfeld, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
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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
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Aroonsakool used chicken wire to make a sculpture reminiscent of a flock of birds.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
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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
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Here, Epic has taken the position of the fox arguing that chicken wire is a threat to chickens’ freedom to walk around.
—Kenneth D. Mandl, STAT, 27 Jan. 2020
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Put chicken wire alongside it to create a funnel of sorts to channel the animals into the traps.
—Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 13 July 2018
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