How to Use casing in a Sentence

casing

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  • The fuse is set so for the grenade to go off as soon as the casing splits open.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • Lazic loves to deep-fry the sausages briefly to crisp up the casing.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The officers reached the scene and found 11 shell casings near one of the gas pumps.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The charging mode can be switched by pressing a switch on the side of the casing.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Police found most of the casings at the scene on the ground where the driver’s door of Glover’s car had been.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In 2021, the naked dress is more of a battle cry than a body-con casing.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 2 July 2021
  • One shell casing was in the windshield and the other was in the hood of the vehicle.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • In all, more than 100 shell casings littered the streets.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
  • Shell casings were found by the side of the road along with the victim’s belongings.
    — Andrew Paparella, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • About an hour later, Ephron returned to the scene and picked up two casings off the street.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Cook sausage: Remove the casings from the Italian sausage links.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The casing matched the one found that nearly killed the young man in the grocery store parking lot.
    — William La Jeunesse, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2021
  • At least 60 shell casings were found in the area, the Sun-Times reported.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
  • One of the concrete pits was full of empty shell casings.
    — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The pressure change forces the bullet out of the casing and down the barrel toward the target.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
  • With that warning, remove the fill-hole plug at the top of the diff casing, then unscrew the drain plug.
    — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2021
  • This time, the careful killer slipped up and left a partial print on a shell casing.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Fold a short end of the headband unit in half twice: once to the left, once to the right around the elastic casing between folds.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Plus, both the lining and the casing are dishwasher-safe.
    — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Inside the mall near the entrance, there were shell casings and a trail of blood that led to Wilson.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The casing … matched the two recovered shell casings from the crime scene.
    — CBS News, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The live rounds appear to have a silver dot at the bottom of the casing rather than a dull gold or bronze shade.
    — NBC News, 11 July 2024
  • Attach the brackets that come with your blinds to the top of the window casing using a drill.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 28 July 2021
  • The meat is cut open from its casing and fried in a pan, then cooked into a scramble with eggs.
    — Marco Torres, Chron, 9 June 2022
  • Some of the bullets had the same head stamp as the casings recovered inside the apartment.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The brothers used a backhoe and small crane to remove much of the concrete casing.
    — Tony Leys, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Salazar noted that the bullet shell casings matched the shell casings of the bullets found at the crime scene.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • Gone is the beige wall paint, replaced by a bright white, along with new baseboards and door casings.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The gun matched three shell casings found outside the shooting scene in Manhattan, and Mangione’s fingerprints matched ones found on a water bottle and snack bar left near the scene, police said.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Fingerprints on those casings, as well as a water bottle and granola bar found at the scene, match Mangione's, according to police.
    — Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024

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