How to Use picket fence in a Sentence
picket fence
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In a kid's room, mount a section of white picket fence flanked by two small fence posts to the wall.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
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The picket fence shuddered as the ground opened beneath us to take us all down.
—Hazlitt, 31 May 2023
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Not everyone wants the big family and the big house with the white picket fence.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 22 Mar. 2023
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An image of a family that was built on a man and a woman and a white picket fence.
—Quetzal Maucci, TIME, 17 June 2024
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White picket fences served as borders around the field and trainers’ tables stood on the sidelines.
—Ken Belson Alex Welsh, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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Lead paint coated white picket fences and lead pipes pumped water into homes.
—Rachel Silverman Bonnifield, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2024
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Other members of the suburban pantheon include picket fences, malls, and of course, the shed (which is to be awed at and never touched).
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2023
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These include balconies, roof decks, and the all-American picket fence.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2023
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Your piece of modern suburbia is complete with a white picket fence.
—Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
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The entire property is encased by a white picket fence.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2023
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Christy and Cindy have both had long marriages with children and dogs and whatever constitutes a picket fence in the Hamptons and Malibu.
—Sally Singer, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2023
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In his films, the world of polite society — of suburban picket fences and parochial worldviews — was ripe for skewering.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
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The creeping ivy of rap had crawled over their white picket fences, across their kempt green lawns, and around their Victorian homes, weakening the old walls between cultures.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 5 June 2023
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Here, a vintage watering can is hung from twine on a picket fence to showcase seasonal flowers.
—Kelly Roberson, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2024
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The pictures are hung on a white picket fence lining the front yard in Normal Heights where the neighbors gather for the annual Independence Day ice cream social.
—John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
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To many people, the image of a nuclear family in a stand-alone house with a green lawn and white picket fence still represents a fulfillment of the American dream.
—Jeff Kruth, Fortune, 6 June 2023
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Though these pastures, with their picket fences and imported Friesian cows, have an appeal to them, their baldness offers a sobering clarity about what's been lost.
—Noo Saro-Wiwa, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2023
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Its minimum-eight-acre lots line the roadside behind white picket fences, creating a backdrop that has served as the setting for many car commercials.
—Eric A. Taub, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
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Their one-story home, surrounded by a white picket fence and fruit trees, was demolished for the hospital expansion.
—Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 30 May 2023
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For example, one tells of the many picket fences and trails in what was once a small town long before becoming a major tourist hub of North Texas under the leadership of the very man relaying the history.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
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The clothing-optional portion, marked at either end by picket fences, offers rental beach chairs and umbrellas, as well as lifeguards.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
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Or buy out the island The compound is surrounded by a white picket fence, as if this were just another slice of residential Americana.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
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Green grass with a picket fence is often considered the picture-perfect ideal for a yard, but a lawn isn't necessarily the best choice for every climate or home.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2023
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Russia’s measures might amount to a picket fence compared to China’s Great Firewall, but the Kremlin online crackdown has gained momentum.
—Dasha Litvinova, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
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Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital, where secrets hide behind white picket fences.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2024
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The American suburb, with its neatly mown lawns and white picket fences, has long been used in pop culture as a facade of normalcy, concealing chaos and violence.
—Emma Dibdin, ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
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The compound is surrounded by a white picket fence, as if this were just another slice of residential Americana.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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While not suited for enclosing large acreage (or large pets), picket fences are ideal for smaller yards and suburban neighborhoods.
—Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 26 June 2023
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Stone's leadership philosophy transcends beyond the company's glass doors to his home's white picket fences.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
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External trouble—ugly and chaotic aspects of the world beyond the Bridges’ proverbial picket fence—impinges, but only in glimpses that are subsequently tamped down, whitewashed, laundered, and soft-pedaled.
—Gemma Sieff, Harper's Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
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