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How to use roofing in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Roofing means material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles. Example: “With its asbestos roofing and unshielded machinery, the factory was a multihazard environment.”

Examples of roofing by meaning

nounMaterial used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.

  • Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30

More sentences with roofing

  • With its asbestos roofing and unshielded machinery, the factory was a multihazard environment.From the entry multihazard
  • Roofing is material that is used to roof.From the entry -ing
  • I got a cold call in the middle of dinner from someone trying to sell roofing and siding because they're allegedly working in my area this week.From the entry cold call
  • We got all the roofing removed, but the chimney was damaged and we discovered that some rafters had to be replaced. One step forward, two steps back. Or maybe three.From the entry one step forward, two steps back
  • During his home’s construction, Snyder installed fireproof roofing, siding and eaves.2024 November 10, Alaa Elassar, “As California wildfires become more frequent, people will need to fireproof their homes. Here’s what it…. From the entry fireproof
  • Bang, bang, bumpity bump, I hear as spruce cones fall on the metal roofing of my woodshed.2011, Amy Seidl, Finding Higher Ground: Adaptation in the Age of Warming. From the entry bumpity
  • I started roofing two years ago with some friends.2016 February 26, “This Is What It's Like to Climb the 3rd-Tallest Building in Shanghai”, in Inverse. From the entry roofer
  • By removing the sideboarding and roofing of the Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, the incredibly beautiful framing was revealed.2009, David C. Fischetti, Structural Investigation of Historic Buildings, page 225. From the entry sideboarding
  • All the gneiss roofing slates have vanished, to be replaced by pantiles painting patchworks of all possible orange hues.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 103. From the entry pantile
  • Molten roofing north, lead dripping down south, stand like those immobilized columns of arctic water west, stalagmites, monked and housed or stamped and dudleyed east, in school texts.1981, Kalu Uka, A Consummation of Fire: A Novel, page 9. From the entry monk
  • The floor is of 2⅜-in. boards, and the roof of ⅞-in. boards covered with roofing canvas is laid on hardwood hoopsticks bolted to the steel carlines.1952 January, “British Railways Standard Wagons”, in Railway Magazine, page 61. From the entry hoopstick
  • As will be seen by referring to sketch, the frame comprises angular and flat base to be covered with roofing when in position and has integral unstanding inclined walls.1908, Steel and Iron, page 1199. From the entry unstanding
  • And while we don’t have employed staff, we have a network of local tradesmen — roofing, plumbing, French polishing, a limesmith, a cabinet maker,” he trailed on with more chores.2023 March 22, Ben West, “This 835-Year-Old English Manor Needs Some Modern Love”, in The New York Times. From the entry chambermaiding
  • The changes in the strength and dimensions of builtup roofing membranes due to variances in moisture content have been known for a long time but have been documented only recently.1983, Carl G. Cash, “Moisture in Builtup Roofing”, in ASTM Standardization News, volume 11, numbers 7-12, page 32. From the entry builtup

Meaning of roofing

  1. noun Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
  2. noun The process of constructing a roof or roofs.
  3. noun A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.

Full definition of roofing

Questions about roofing in a sentence

How do you use roofing in a sentence?
Roofing is used as a noun. For example: “With its asbestos roofing and unshielded machinery, the factory was a multihazard environment.”
What is a short sentence with roofing?
“Roofing is material that is used to roof.”
What does roofing mean?
Roofing means material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.

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