How to Use tannery in a Sentence

tannery

noun

• The skin was sent to a tannery in South Australia and sold for some $5,000.
  — Ngm Maps, National Geographic, 1 Aug. 2019
• The film is centered on life in Cairo's tannery district.
  — Vladmir Kozlov, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2019
• The beams are reclaimed wood from a Tennessee tannery (try to say that 10 times fast).
  — Brianna Griff, Chron, 18 Sep. 2022
• The team also found a tannery equipped with eight tubs where cattle skins were processed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2020
• The tannery's ceilings are extra low to cut down on heating costs.
  — Zach Hughes, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
• In the 19th Century, laborers at a tannery and glue works earned a day’s wage around here.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• The newest riff on the Clarks Wallabee is made with leather from Horween, the famous Chicago tannery.
  — Christine Flammia, Esquire, 13 Oct. 2017
• Shriver farmed and built a gristmill and tannery on the property.
  — Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
• Start with a hide Leather tanneries start by ordering hides, which tend to be about 50 square feet and can weigh over 90 lbs.
  — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2016
• Experts suspect pollution from the Waltrading SA tannery on the banks of the lagoon to be the cause.
  — Fox News, 7 Aug. 2020
• For Tanno, one favourite is when Patrizia and Mauricio visit the Gucci tannery for the first time.
  — Marie Lodi, refinery29.com, 25 Nov. 2021
• Nearby, an old tannery is said to be protected by the spirit of a youth whose quest for love ended in tragedy.
  — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
• The town’s decline started decades ago as the lumber mills and tannery shops started closing.
  — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
• The tanneries have shifted to a new site 15 kilometers away.
  — Maya Jasanoff, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
• Kanpur is home to thousands of tanneries, which have used the river as a dump for chemicals used to clean leather.
  — National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2018
• The bag is made with at least 50% of its leather from a tannery that’s been certified sustainable with the Leather Working Group Gold rating.
  — Olivia O'Bryon, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022
• Union soldiers burned the ironworks and cabins, leaving the foundry, tannery and gristmill in ruins.
  — al, 6 Mar. 2023
• My family owned a tannery in Turkey, so I was born into the business.
  — Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• The pebbled leather comes from a tannery just outside of Düsseldorf; the chain straps are hand-soldered in the Black Forest; and the packaging is made in Berlin.
  — Emily Farra, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2017
• For Tanno, one favorite is when Patrizia and Mauricio visit the Gucci tannery for the first time.
  — Marie Lodi, refinery29.com, 24 Nov. 2021
• The house, built in the 18th century, was originally a tannery.
  — Candace Taylor, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
• Once guests cross the bridge and enter the new area, in clear view will be the district’s power source, a floating wind turbine that sits atop old fishing net tannery.
  — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2023
• But then along comes Dr. Thomas Stockmann, the physician at the baths, who sights a great white in the form of contamination from the tanneries upstream.
  — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 17 Jan. 2018
• In fact, the brand works closely with several tanneries in Igualada, a city near Barcelona, to source all its leather.
  — Andre Claudio, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
• Furman launched Golden Prairie in an old tannery building in Logan Square in 1991.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Handmade in Arzignano, a town in the northwest of Italy between Venice and Verona, from a tannery that spans five generations.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Dec. 2022
• Recent livestreams include a tour of the tannery and a Q&A with an archaeologist.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2020
• Each was given full artistic rein, so long as leathers from Ecco’s tanneries were used.
  — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 26 June 2023
• The bag is constructed from PFC-free satin and leather from ethical tanneries.
  — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023
• This elegant leather Apple watch band is made in a small French tannery established in 1803.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024