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Example sentences for: sheath

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

He slipped the knife out of the sheath and was ready, and unembarrassed by hampering bedclothes, for the weather was hot and we hadn't any.
C4 plants have been classified into three subgroups on the basis of the distinctive enzymes that decarboxylate C4 acids in the bundle sheath cells.
All catheterizations were performed by a single individual and involved a standard Seldinger technique and insertion of a 4.0 F catheter through a 4.5 F sheath.
For example, one writer cites a preference for cunt over vagina , because of the latter's derivation from a Latin word meaning `sheath,' often sheath for a sword.)
Anatomically, the husks around an ear are composed primarily of leaf sheath with a reduced ligule region subtending a highly reduced leaf blade in most maize inbred lines.