Examples of railing in a Sentence
He leaned on the deck's railing and watched the sun set.
they had to put a childproof railing on the balcony when the baby started walking
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Now Dani was leaning over the railing, staring out at the vast sea—the sea that would remain the sea forever, no matter what any boy did.
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Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Outside the windows of upper floors are balconies formed from ornate iron railings with traditional black steel stairways connecting them to the storey above.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Classic pedestal designs are popular, but there are also hanging options, ground-level baths, and ones that mount on deck railings, says Mizejewski.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2025
Despite the irony of two commissioners heading one efficiency body, and their railing against regulatory strangleholds, our economic system seems strangely capable of churning out collective trillionaires.
—Thomas J. Greitens, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025
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Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Outside the windows of upper floors are balconies formed from ornate iron railings with traditional black steel stairways connecting them to the storey above.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Classic pedestal designs are popular, but there are also hanging options, ground-level baths, and ones that mount on deck railings, says Mizejewski.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2025
Despite the irony of two commissioners heading one efficiency body, and their railing against regulatory strangleholds, our economic system seems strangely capable of churning out collective trillionaires.
—Thomas J. Greitens, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Railing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railing. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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railing
noun
rail·ing
ˈrā-liŋ 
1
: a barrier (as a fence) consisting of rails and their supports
2
: material for rails
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