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sheath - use in sentences
Object
- sword: Each of the figures also has a sheathed sword at the left hip.
- knife: Then he laid upon the table a long, deadly, sheathed knife.
- cable: I just had to oil a new nylon sheathed cable which for some reason was dreadfully stiff.
Converse of object
- insulate: Less commonly the problem lies in the insulating myelin sheath.
Adjective modifier
- penile: The Claimant coped with his urinary incontinence with a penile sheath and bag strapped to his leg.
- synovial: A small synovial sheath is present around each individual tendon at the wrist but not in the hand or the fingers.
- fibrous: The neck is clothed with a very strong fibrous sheath ' .
- outer: The wires are then jointly covered by the outer sheath.
- protective: Cable - This is a 4 core fully screened, cable with protective outer sheath suitable for direct burial.
- stainless: Made from a rugged 1/8 " ( 3.1 mm ) O.D. 304 stainless steel sheath, 12 " ( 304 mm ) long.
Modifies a noun
- blight: Nancy Castilla, from IRRI began the session with two presentations on the epidemiology of rice sheath blight.
- knife: With his helpless hands he could neither draw nor hold his sheath knife nor throttle the animal.
- dress: A wonderful, zebra print sheath dress, dating to circa 1963.
- fluid: Do not under any circumstances leave the machine running out of sheath fluid.
Noun used with modifier
- myelin: In MS, damage or scarring occurs to the myelin sheath a layer of fatty protein that protects the nerves.
- rectus: The tension of the rectus sheath increases the pressure within the abdomen like a pressurized balloon.
- tendon: They do not grow on the skin, rather they stay firmly attached to the underlying joint or tendon sheath.
- nylon: Chrome finish with nylon sheath in a gift box.
- leaf: What is the risk to wheat of applying Cerone beyond flag leaf sheath opening stage?
- leather: Solid wood handle with brass butt cames with a leather sheath with belt loop.
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