Example Sentences

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And I don’t want to minimize that there is fencing around the court and genuine threats and protest against the Justices.

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2022

He is fencing with a poorly stuffed straw man.

From New York Times • May 24, 2021

Takoma Park, Md., is fencing off city-owned playgrounds.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2020

In one photo, Wyeth is fencing with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; in the next room, fencing masks line a windowsill and phone numbers are jotted down on a wall next to the telephone.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2012

Dinky-Dunk is fencing in some of the range, for a sort of cattle-run for our two milk-cows.

From The Prairie Wife by Dunn, Harvey