Example Sentences

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Last fall, the Assembly nixed Bronson’s plans for a new insulated, tentlike structure that would have sheltered up to 150 people.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

In the surrounding passageways, tentlike structures provide the context for juxtaposing the handcrafted with the machine-made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2016

“He knows how screwed up Washington is,” Simon said underneath a tentlike canopy on a hot and humid afternoon.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2015

Pulled from the dirt and the leaves, the bucket was heavy and packed tight with random belongings: a string of Christmas lights, white sneakers crawling with bugs, sections of a blue tentlike material.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2011

I’d give him no access to me, or my expressions, even my body language, if I wore a huge, tentlike outfit.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali