How to Use shingles in a Sentence

shingles

noun
  • His favorite bites are the thick shingles, the ones close to the base of the cabbage.
    Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
  • The lion jumped on the roof of the house and roared and clawed at the shingles and shattered the windows.
    Tony Earley, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
  • By far, the best way to prevent PHN is the shingles vaccine.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2021
  • That type of water trapped behind the paint rarely comes from a roof leak in the shingles.
    Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2022
  • That’s how the Harrises got the paint match now on their cedar shingles.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2020
  • But the wind damage was massive, with few streets across the city that weren’t full of tree limbs and shingles.
    Andrea Gallo and Bryn Stole | Staff Writers, NOLA.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Branches that scrape the roof can cause damage to shingles or tiles.
    Pat Setter, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Layer strips of birch bark as shingles over the boughs and hold them in place by laying more logs on top of them.
    Popular Science, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Today, the home draws the eye with brick planters, green shingles and lattice windows.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Are there any studies that a shingles shot could lead to this side effect?
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 4 July 2021
  • The choicest tree cuts, which would be reserved for the rich in England, were used by colonists for shingles.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Some vaccines, such as the drug for shingles, require two shots.
    Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2020
  • After the shingles came the pine tar, applied in gloppy brush loads.
    Scott Frances, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Even those who have already had shingles should get the vaccine.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Many of the homes left standing in the neighborhood still have not been repaired, with shingles and shards of glass strewn among the yards.
    Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Roof shingles were stolen from a home under construction in the 6500 block of NE.
    Star Tribune, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Walls were painted the palest pink—the porous shingles soaked up seven coats!
    House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2021
  • At the end of 2020, a city contractor started removing the shingles from the site.
    Sophie Austin, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Cedar shingles help protect the house from the weather, and a back panel slides away for easy cleaning.
    Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2020
  • And chicken pox can cause shingles later in life, Galiasatos says.
    Erin Prater, Fortune, 8 May 2022
  • But when the shingles were pulled back, the Brodts discovered more than 1,000 vintage baseball cards glued, side by side, to the wall.
    NBC News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Part of the interest in this work is the tension between those shingles and the amber-glass orb on the lightning rod.
    Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • There would be periods of losing the feeling in her legs as well as bouts of shingles and nerve pain.
    Wendy Kaur, ELLE, 18 May 2022
  • Wood shingles hang over a wet bar near the entry, and the step-down living room is anchored by a stone fireplace.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Since then, a new shingles vaccine, Shingrix, was approved by the FDA, which does last much longer.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
  • In the city in southwest Louisiana, shingles had begun to take the place of blue tarps on more roofs.
    New York Times, 19 May 2021
  • Effortlessly slide the mesh screen under the first row of shingles, then snap it onto the front edge of the gutter.
    Bridget Degnan, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Sales of granules for roof shingles were notably strong.
    Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Check after heavy rains and winds and look for water stains, weak shingles or rusting nails.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Arranging the lights on your home’s shingles and roof may require an extra set of hands or eyes for beginners.
    Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022

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