How to Use substructure in a Sentence

substructure

noun

• The bridge's substructure was damaged.
• The project includes the removal of the existing bridge deck and the span's substructure.
  — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• The man was leaning against the substructure of a bridge, making waving motions with his hand.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2019
• The piece, in front of First Christian Church, has a wood substructure, held together by steel rebar.
  — Ted Loos, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2017
• Structurally, the C_Two utilizes a carbon-fiber tub with a rear substructure and roof, both of carbon fiber, bonded to it.
  — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 7 Mar. 2018
• The topping out ceremony, in which the substructure’s final steel beam will be secured, is planned for May.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
• But right now the general appraisals looking at these bridges are looking at the culvert, the deck, the substructure of the superstructure.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 May 2022
• Inspectors look at the bridge deck, the approaches, the superstructure, if there is one, and the substructure, Morgan said.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
• Enlarge / Lava overlying volcanic tephra in the substructure of the tomb.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2022
• Engineers examined the concrete substructure of the walkway and determined that not all of it was in bad shape.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
• The star's irregular dips might then be shadows cast by rings, gaps and other substructures in the transiting disk.
  — Kimberly Cartier, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
• In order to be rated poor, at least one component of the bridge — such as its deck, substructure or superstructure — will have a rating of 4 or less on a 0-9 scale.
  — Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2022
• The home’s foundation is rock solid, built on a series of 39-foot pilings, rebar and a concrete substructure.
  — David Lyons, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 June 2018
• But the overall assessment of the substructure cleared the way for less expensive plans to repair the sections most in need of work, Mayor Pete Byron said.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
• Before the new construction, Ceder Point Bridge was rated poor as of its last 2021 inspection due to a poor substructure.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022
• The overall structure within Sweden appeared clinal, and the substructure in the southern and middle parts was subtle.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2011
• The Diamondbacks turf was rolled out over a crushed gravel substructure, whereas the Rangers will have solid cement beneath.
  — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2020
• These are some of the widespread corals that are major contributors to the immense calcium carbonate substructure that makes up a coral reef.
  — Grrlscientist, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• Specifically, the bridge was handed a pair of 4s for its deck and superstructure, but the substructure was rated 6, state transportation records show.
  — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2022
• Instead of being hemmed in by concrete levees along the Mississippi and oil rigs on the coast, McEwen’s city rises on a bamboo substructure planted in unspoiled wetlands.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Apr. 2021
• The lack of an inner substructure to strengthen the layers results in overall structural instability which allows the pastry cream to be forced outside.
  — Gabriella Gershenson, Saveur, 30 Jan. 2017
• The bridge substructure has a rating of 4 out of 9 with large areas of distressed concrete and previous repairs failing, according to DOT documents.
  — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2022
• The solid brass substructure upon which the lacquer is applied adds heft and balance that ensure a pleasant writing experience.
  — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The last work done updated the bridge’s superstructure, which is the part that bears the weight of vehicles passing over, but left its substructure — essentially the support beneath — untouched, Novack said.
  — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• Because of this, art historians have previously used T-rays to look into the substructures of murals, frescoes, and paintings.
  — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2016
• That means a key structural element—the deck, superstructure, substructure or culverts—is rated in poor or worse condition.
  — Scott Calvert, WSJ, 17 June 2021
• The project calls for deck repairs and replacements, steel repairs, substructure repairs, joint repairs and other general repairs.
  — Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
• Beneath the game that gives the novel its plot, Raskin built a narrative substructure that consists of the intersecting identity crises experienced by the sixteen—sixteen!
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
• The warehouses are slowly sinking because of a failing seawall where fishermen deliver their catch, and a causeway substructure is so rotten it’s been closed to all traffic.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2020
• That also means, even more shockingly, that the Super 3 doesn't have its bodywork mounted to a wooden substructure, a feature that has been common to every previous Morgan since the firm's foundation.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 24 Feb. 2022

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