In a sentence
Six example sentences with sheath, each labelled with its topic.
Each boning blade travels to the market in a magnetic sheath so nothing snags inside the chef's canvas roll.
Cooking
The tutorial rewards you for returning the borrowed dagger to its sheath before speaking with the temple guard.
Gaming
Bronze Age burials often held a decorated sheath long after the iron inside it had crumbled into rust.
History
Each nerve fiber is wrapped in a fatty sheath called myelin, and signals slow to a crawl where it wears away.
Medicine
The fiber's glass core sits inside a plastic sheath that keeps moisture out and lets the cable bend without cracking.
Technology
Volunteers strip the plastic sheath off old wire before recycling, since bare copper fetches a far better price.
Environment
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