How to Use construction in a Sentence

construction

noun

• Construction of the new bridge will begin in the spring.
• Note the similar construction of the buildings.
• This word is used in positive constructions.
• That verb is commonly used in passive constructions.
• Some people think it is wrong to end a sentence with a preposition, but the construction is quite common in English.
• The full Goodyear welt construction makes sures that this loafer will last till the end of time.
  — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• The crane collapsed at a construction site, the city said.
  — NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
• The Drake Group wanted to start construction in spring of 2020.
  — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2023
• Stack plans to begin start construction in the first half of 2023.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
• The color isn't going to attract the heat, and the linen construction keeps you cool and breezy.
  — Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Mar. 2023
• To get a feel for these constructions, try one for yourself.
  — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2024
• The latter was sourced from the forests that were flooded during the construction of the Panama Canal.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2023
• Over the past three decades construction has boomed across the largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• On the job, the man dons a hard hat and construction jacket — not to build up his neighborhood, but to tear it down.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
• Some of these projects are due to start construction within a matter of weeks.
  — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 11 Jan. 2023
• The fuzzy Grinch slippers went beneath the cot, next to his boots and construction helmet.
  — Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
• The construction on the new units is expected to be completed by the summer of 2025.
  — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
• The Naperville City Council funded the completion of the tower construction and the loan.
  — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
• The outbreak may have been the result of construction kicking up spores.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
• With construction behind them, the taproom is ready to open.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
• Since construction began in 2020 (and the news broke a few years before that), small snippets of the park's design had been shared.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 1 Nov. 2022
• The rest of the construction is, as for all sandwiches, a matter of instinct and desire.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2024
• The area had been closed for repairs and construction due to damage caused by a storm in December 2023.
  — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
• In his pamphlet, Gacy claimed that a dozen employees of his construction business had keys to the house.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 10 May 2023
• Two of the six construction workers who had been doing work on the bridge were recovered the day after the bridge collapsed.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
• And then in the 1950s, after World War II, there was this huge economic boom, a lot of home construction going on.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
• Just beyond the lot is a construction site where the first post-Oct. 7 neighborhood is being built.
  — Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2025
• This style of linear construction was common in West Africa and later in Haiti.
  — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 22 Feb. 2023
• Metal parts on doors, window frames and other hardware used in the construction of housing will also be subject to the levies, leading to growing costs for homebuilders.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
• Ostia Antica is often compared to Pompeii and only a third of the city, which was used as a marble quarry during the construction of palaces and Catholic churches in the building of Rome, has been excavated.
  — Barbie Latza Nadeau and Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025