How to Use strapping in a Sentence

strapping

noun

• The strapping is thin enough to flex which makes a nice smooth arch to shape the shrink wrap.
  — Popmech Editors, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2019
• Rose gold gleams from hardware, and brass strapping adds a bit of bling to the hood.
  — Darra Baker, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2023
• Plastic strapping of any size whether this or that found on cans is lethal to wildlife.
  — Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY, 11 May 2017
• The researchers don’t know what comes first: the strapping spleen, the social cachet, or a third X factor that might trigger both.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2022
• Some friends had another name for the strapping, 6-foot airman.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 29 May 2018
• The strapping has developed green mossy coloration and white specks that look like the beginnings of fungus or mold.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
• But that willowy, sensitive plant Ben Whishaw as the strapping, rough-hewed farmer John Proctor?
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2016
• Six-foot-one and strapping, with a deep, easy laugh and a biting sense of humor, Mr. Perez had the personality and the physique to command a corner.
  — Benjamin Mueller and Al Baker, New York Times, 27 June 2016
• The film’s producer, an old family friend, suggested that the strapping, 6-foot-4 Mr. Gavin have a screen test.
  — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2018
• Derek Coleman is a strapping, bright guy of 27 with a woodsman’s beard who recently returned from going to see the elephant.
  — Fred Dickey, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 June 2017
• Keller was a strapping, square-jawed Marine while Gagnon was more slender and had a distinctive mole on this face, Westemeyer said.
  — NBC News, 16 Oct. 2019
• MacRae, a strapping, bespectacled Scot with a soft accent, moved to New York fifteen years ago and has been an actor and restaurant worker ever since.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020
• Fully loaded, the Minute feels solid, with strapping-wide tires providing plenty of grip and Tektro disc brakes keeping it all under control.
  — Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 14 May 2015
• Ramin Karimloo, the musical’s strapping, charming leading man, brushes it all off, not unlike Nicky Arnstein.
  — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
• So, sure, the show can sometimes feel like a montage of strapping, bearded men introducing themselves to each other before beating each other up.
  — Caroline Framke, Variety, 25 Feb. 2022
• Other waste included strapping bands used in packaging, polythene bags and rubber tires.
  — Fox News, 8 July 2019
• With its slinky, figure-hugging silhouette and asymmetrical strapping, the dress is a sizzling option for Valentine’s Day date night (plus, it can be worn well after the holiday, too).
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2018
• There’s also a growing taste for industrial design, with metal cabinetry and stoves with metal strapping and levers.
  — Stacey Altherr, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2018
• The strapping entrees are best preceded by a salad, the most colorful and refreshing of which blends biting endive, radicchio and arugula with juicy oranges and pistachios.
  — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
• Supportive taping and strapping can protect the foot from aggravating the plantar fasciitis even further — and orthotics can be especially helpful to wear at night to keep the foot in a flexed position and reduce pain in the morning.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 16 July 2019
• Whelton is thoroughly persuasive as the strapping, impulsive Mat.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• In addition, why so many gay men are attracted to the strapping, wildly endowed Tom of Finland-type male image is one of several deeper psychosexual issues that go underexplored.
  — Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• By the early 20th century, students could be punished with a strapping if they were caught speaking an Indigenous language, according to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report.
  — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 26 June 2021
• The strapping is thin enough to flex which makes a nice smooth arch to shape the shrink wrap.
  — Popmech Editors, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2019
• Rose gold gleams from hardware, and brass strapping adds a bit of bling to the hood.
  — Darra Baker, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2023
• Plastic strapping of any size whether this or that found on cans is lethal to wildlife.
  — Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY, 11 May 2017
• The researchers don’t know what comes first: the strapping spleen, the social cachet, or a third X factor that might trigger both.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2022
• Some friends had another name for the strapping, 6-foot airman.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 29 May 2018
• The strapping has developed green mossy coloration and white specks that look like the beginnings of fungus or mold.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
• But that willowy, sensitive plant Ben Whishaw as the strapping, rough-hewed farmer John Proctor?
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2016

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