How to Use railing in a Sentence

railing

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  • He leaned on the deck's railing and watched the sun set.
  • The railing to the right holds stairs that lead down to the ground floor.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2024
  • And, of course, the hop over the railing and onto the field.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The receiver climbed up the wall and stood on the railing in front of the seats.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Taped it to the railing in the scoreboard end zone, dropped it down to the field.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The man got out of the vehicle and had his legs over the side of the railing.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Others banged their hands on the top of the dugout railing.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 13 May 2021
  • There’s a bed on a floor on a 10-foot drop with no railing.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The woman was unable to stand and had to lean on a railing in the lot.
    — cleveland, 6 Nov. 2020
  • But as the trooper reached him, the teenager let go of the railing.
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
  • There's no railing along the flat rooftop, which is about 20 feet high.
    — John Reinan, Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Joey Bart smashed a two-run homer off the railing above the yellow line in left in the eighth.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The man was swaying between the railing of the bridge over the West Branch of the Rocky River and the roadway.
    — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The two girls at times hung over the railing, jumped and shouted as the floats and bands passed them by along 14th street.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
  • The pre-cut pieces of pipe placed these round flanges at distinct points along the railing.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Richard Calderone grabbed onto the teen who was sitting on the railing of the Founders Bridge, ready to jump.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • For the second look of the carousel, Bieber wears a light green two-piece while sitting on the railing of a dock.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Mark peeks over the railing, his fingers at both sides of his face.
    — Sofie Birkin, Marie Claire, 9 Feb. 2021
  • One of the officers then climbed back over the railing toward the door, Ramos said.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 23 June 2023
  • The video shows the shark swimming along the port side of the vessel as students crowd the railing along the boat’s edge for a glimpse of the shark.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2021
  • Judge watched the ball clank off the front of the stands, just below two fans who reached over a railing and tried for a catch.
    — Ian Harrison, Chron, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Each railing was shaped and contoured to cleanly meet the pole.
    — Jeastman, oregonlive, 23 June 2023
  • Romi looked down over the railing and tried to find the spot where the Sarit woman had hit the ground.
    — Etgar Keret, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2021
  • My face in the sun, I was cornered by the railing, and the man kept moving closer.
    — Daniella Lagaccia, refinery29.com, 28 June 2021
  • The shot caused the Braves dugout to erupt with Acuña jumping over the railing to celebrate.
    — Kristie Rieken, Houston Chronicle, 6 Oct. 2020
  • But the back of the living area gives way to a railing, a gangway, and stairs down to a dining area.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The field sat mostly empty as the three settled against the railing for a talk.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2022
  • Part of the tractor ended up on the railing of the interstate.
    — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2022
  • To avoid being stabbed, Williams leapt over a railing and broke a vertebrae and ankle.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • All staterooms feature non-slip bathroom floors and hand railings.
    — Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024

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