Example sentences for: fence

How can you use “fence” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • According to the Times , the assailants had "tied their captive to a post-and-rail fence and pistol-whipped him," then "stole his wallet and shoes and left him tied to the fence."

  • The Washington Post reported that Shepard was "strung up on a fence to die in a grotesque tableau."

  • Chris Patten, who himself comes from the "wet" side of the Tory fence, sharply increased social spending in his budgets, the business community thundered (rightly, I happen to think) that the proposals had been introduced with scant regard for long-term implications.

  • The image of Shepard dangling from the fence, still alive and bleeding, evokes two familiar images.

  • "At first, the passing bicyclist thought the crumpled form lashed to a ranch fence was a scarecrow," began the initial New York Times dispatch.


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