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
  • 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
  • At the end of that day at the Marfrig slaughterhouse, a truck marked with the name of a tannery, Bluamerica, left the slaughterhouse carrying hides.
    New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021

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