How to Use planking in a Sentence

planking

noun

• The four lifters had to move as one unit, and the planking team members could not touch the ground.
  — Slade Rand, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• One planking snapped — my wife tripped on it the other day.
  — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2020
• Tall, straight oak trees were favored for keels and planking.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• Nobody told @Giancarlo818 that planking is no longer cool.
  — George Richards, miamiherald, 23 Aug. 2017
• As Shearer tells the Salt Lake Tribune, the vessel is a steel hold boat with wooden planking.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2020
• Guardrails would be added, rising about 42 inches from the deck, with 4-inch viewing gaps between slats of planking on the sides.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
• The skyward soar of its fir and pine planking makes its setting in the woods feel natural in two senses.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2021
• Soon plastic ice cream cone selfies will be the new planking, or something.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 2 Aug. 2017
• The earthen walls were bolstered with thoughtful wood planking.
  — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022
• The coffin was moved off the platform and lowered into the grave using straps; the tubes were inserted, and planking was laid over the coffin to keep dirt out.
  — Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2021
• This removable wallpaper that's made to look like real wood planking gives you the same finish at a fraction of the price.
  — Stacia Affelt, Country Living, 17 July 2019
• Off the foyer, a living room lined with skewed wood-planking adds a plush custom sofa and projector built into the ceiling.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2021
• The planking of the remains measures between eight and 11 inches and is joined to the frames with metal fasteners, according to the museum.
  — Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2020
• Hood said this will likely be his last time breaking the world record for planking, but his next goal is to set the Guinness World Record for most pushups completed in one hour, which currently stands at 2,806.
  — Alicia Lee, CNN, 23 Feb. 2020
• The new deck, constructed over parking spaces along Park Boulevard, was designed to replicate the tongue-and-groove cedar wood planking featured in Madison’s dining room.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
• Ceiling materials may be revised as well, with use of a tongue-and-groove cedar planking type of material, Stewart said.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2020
• Over time, deadlifts can help improve stability and core strength—no crunching or planking required.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 27 Oct. 2020
• Guinness recognizes the continuous planking record as 8 hours and 1 minute.
  — Jessie Spangler, Aurora Beacon-News, 23 June 2018
• The best skeleton was found roughly 20 feet down and is accessible only by ladders; the surrounding walls are reinforced by wood planking to prevent cave-ins.
  — Jill Neimark, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2012
• Shipwrights also reframed much of the stern, replaced the keel bolts, installed new planking and decking and restored portions of the superstructure, including the pilot house.
  — Pat Eaton-Robb, The Seattle Times, 5 Aug. 2017
• New developments over the shutdown include the addition of boardwalk planking and steps to make the trails easier to navigate and the completion and connection of trails.
  — Laurie Werner, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• Even more parts of bronze and marble statues were recovered during the 2017 excavation, along with a red marble sarcophagus lid, a large section of hull planking, and even more human remains.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 June 2022
• Its handhewn beams, broad pine planking, and rock-solid construction certainly suggest that provenance.
  — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2018
• After centuries of wear and generations of aquatic colonizers, masts and planking can disintegrate into mounds of debris and layers of seabed ooze.
  — William J. Broad, New York Times, 22 July 2019
• There’s also an office, laundry room, finished basement and suspended stairwell with custom cypress planking.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2019
• The interiors are reminiscent of modern barns, with soaring ceilings and more rustic finishes such as white oak planking, metal detailing leather upholstery, and a chic neutral palette.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024