How to Use clad in a Sentence

clad

1 of 3 adjective
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  • The new trend is to clad houses in Jerusalem stone, a kind of pale limestone.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 June 2018
  • The maize-and-blue clad fans were left groaning for much of the night because O'Korn simply struggled.
    — USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2017
  • The move set him apart from his pocket-tee clad friends without making him look like a try-hard in the process.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 28 July 2017
  • The Wild West of Houston and its custom-cowboy-boot-clad surgeons was reined in.
    — Henry Petroski, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018
  • The diaper-clad baby was found wrapped up in a blanket, deputies said.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 3 July 2018
  • A long line of black-clad party hopefuls stood on the sidewalk outside.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2017
  • Lacey, 69, appeared at the hearing Friday in Phoenix clad in black and white stripes and no handcuffs.
    — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 13 Apr. 2018
  • This is due, in no small part, to the vast army of high-vis clad cleaners who seem to gather on every corner.
    — Tom Bouchier Hayes, CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
  • North, clad in cowboy boots, holds tight to her little sister in the saddle, and the trio paused for a snapshot in the middle of the pony ride.
    — Hilary Hughes, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2019
  • The flat clad bottom works to evenly heat the canner on gas or induction ranges.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 19 May 2021
  • Interceding from time to time is a white-clad fellow with a white plume atop his head.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 24 May 2017
  • The next morning a railroad worker spotted the girl’s partly clad body in a bramble of ivy.
    — oregonlive, 15 May 2020
  • Just across the room lie her older brothers, half-clad and surging with hormones.
    — John Domini, Dallas News, 1 July 2019
  • On deck, two coverall-clad observers brace themselves against the biting wind and snow, alert for the white plume of a spout or the fleeting wave of a tail.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Prior to his homer, a hitless Harper was just like the rest of the red-clad fans — cheerleading the other Phillies hitters.
    — Aaron Bracy, The Seattle Times, 31 Mar. 2019
  • There’s Putin clad in medieval armor, a Russian flag in his hand, while riding a bear.
    — Marc Bennetts, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The tragedy comes just two months after Jeremiah and the rest of the black and yellow clad group appeared on the show hosted by Jimmy Fallon.
    — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • One night, a group of murderous, red-clad doppelgängers show up.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Let’s also acknowledge that for some people, a leather-clad PC crosses a line.
    — Melissa Riofrio, PCWorld, 1 Oct. 2018
  • Grace Elizabeth transforms from a punk bride clad in black to a dreamy romantic in swaths of ruffles.
    — Carine Roitfeld, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Apr. 2019
  • Last year, as summer came to a close, bathing-suit clad Parisians took a dip into one of the city's canal, in defiance of a 1923 French law to keep people out of the (dirty) river.
    — Meredith Carey, CNT, 2 June 2017
  • Her look perfectly matched the models that walked among her, who were all clad in white and neutral-toned lingerie and feathered wings.
    — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Police clad in riot gear then fired tear gas canisters at the crowds in an attempt to disperse them.
    — Eric Cheung, Ivana Kottasová and Kenneth Leung, CNN, 11 Aug. 2019
  • In the post-practice huddle with temperatures in the uppers 80s and sweat rolling down the cheeks of anyone not in shade, three words brought cheers to the Bearcats clad in white and black jerseys.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Amid a cloud of smoke and a faded white light, a string of elegantly clad models struck poses with their backs to the audience.
    — Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Cut to a young woman in white tank top and red shorts carrying a sledgehammer and pursued by gray-clad troopers.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • There was an equally long line to have someone videotape me jogging — not a regular habit of mine — while clad in smart shoes.
    — Megan Thielking, STAT, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Outside the legislative chambers, the sea of red-clad teachers and supporters that swarmed the Capitol for days on end had broken up.
    — Dustin Gardiner, azcentral, 4 May 2018
  • Photos were found on a secret file on Clements' devices, depicting scantily clad, little girls.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • In Paris, street battles between police and black-clad, masked groups who attacked at least two fast food restaurants, a supermarket and a bank reflected intensifying violence and drew attention away from the tens of thousands of peaceful marchers.
    — Alexander Turnbull, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
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clad

2 of 3 verb
  • The bear clad in a ranger hat and jeans has stood the test of time.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2022
  • The pair were both clad in plastic ponchos, as well as masks.
    — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2022
  • The home is clad in shou sugi ban wood from Delta Millworks.
    — Pilar Viladas, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2022
  • Video from the scene showed a man clad in black and carrying a long rifle.
    — New York Times, 13 May 2022
  • Don Cameron, clad in dark green waders, sloshed through the pond that had formed in his orchards and vineyards.
    — Susie Cagle, Wired, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Paul Pelosi, the husband of the U.S. speaker of the House, was clad in a pajama top and boxer shorts.
    — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2023
  • On the night four college students were killed, a roommate saw a man clad in black walk through the home.
    — Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • All of the green in the stands was not Cowboys fans clad in holiday attire.
    — Dallas News, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The next day, an armed man clad in body armor sought to breach the FBI's field office in Cincinnati.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The next day, an armed man clad in body armor sought to breach the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The pair walked around hand-in-hand, with Roberts clad in an emerald-green peacoat with black booties.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Then the whole house is terrorized by a shadowy killer, clad in black.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Pooh Bear has swapped the little red t-shirt for a lumberjack suit and Piglet is clad in black.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 26 May 2022
  • The crew, clad in black with masked faces, provide both comic relief and a sense of menace.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Of course, all rooms come with ensuites and the owner’s bathroom is clad in marble.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 June 2022
  • The speaker are made of MDF and clad in furniture-grade walnut.
    — Brad Moon, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • As longhairs clad in cosmic-hippie garb, Crown Lands look the part too.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Other sections of the house are clad in Cor-teen steel and hand-troweled stucco.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Or if the contestants are bikini-clad for more than 50 percent of their screen time?
    — Calie Schepp, EW.com, 6 May 2022
  • Both the Quonset hut and the new building are clad in dark-gray galvanized steel panels.
    — Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Tables are clad with a few coffee table books and coasters, and, of course, a candle.
    — Swarna Gowtham, Town & Country, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Spitzer, who is six feet four, walks slightly hunched on the balls of his feet, which are often clad in brown leather sandals even in the dead of winter.
    — National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The interiors follow the same theme, clad in cypress wood as well.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
  • On this September 2021 day, Andre's class is still clad in masks.
    — Freep.com, 10 June 2022
  • In his final decade, the 1970s, the singer is a larger-than-life Vegas performer clad in an iconic jumpsuit and cape.
    — Cathy Whitlock, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022
  • When found the body was clad only in the underclothing, stockings and black satin high-heeled slippers.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Mummy Polar Bear is clad in a red dress and has the same round, black glasses as Penny.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Guests were clad in a mix of beautiful vibrant hanboks and T-shirts and sneakers.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The work illustrates an up-close view of a man in the 19th century, clad in a striped shirt and brown waistcoat, rowing a wooden boat along a river.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Instead, Soviet soldiers faced tens of thousands of Finnish fighters who raced at them on skis through the woods, clad in white camouflage that earned their most notorious sniper the moniker White Death.
    — Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 13 May 2022
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clad

3 of 3 noun
  • Law enforcement then closed the same bridge to the black-clad and masked far-left protesters.
    — Gillian Flaccus, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Think paint, wood clad, wood beams, wallpaper, and more.
    — Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The metal clad upper floors are in contrast to the lighter brick of the original building.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 3 July 2018
  • The Pink Floyd tribute band that performs, and the organic food stands that congregate on the quad around the dancing, tie-dye clad free thinkers!
    — Brinton Parker, Seventeen, 15 May 2012
  • The black-clad Sanford Stadium crowd roared at kickoff.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Between the two, repurposed fencing clads porch columns and encloses the porch in a low wall.
    — Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • George said as photos of the Unite the Right protest flooded national media, the face of a black-clad, sandy-haired man seemed strangely familiar.
    — Alissa Zhu, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Baltazar Carmelo, a 27-year-old clad in a tan jacket, has been deported twice.
    — Natalie Keyssar, National Geographic, 26 July 2019
  • While there's little doubt that Xi's grip on the top job is iron clad, the Party isn't monolithic and different factions vie for power.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 Oct. 2017
  • In Berkeley, black-clad protesters wearing masks threw Molotov cocktails and smashed windows at the student union center where the Yiannopoulos event was to be held.
    — Jessica Suerth and Leah Asmelash, CNN, 2 July 2019
  • The singer, who showed up clad in C.D.G., was the theme for the night, with popping panels of brightly colored and patterned fabric on a structured, architectural silhouette.
    — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 1 May 2017
  • Meanwhile black clad, helmet and face-mask wearing anti-fascist protesters also were on the streets.
    — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Opening the show, two women strutted down the platform runway-worthy clad in matching metallic blue leotards waving a blue and purple flag.
    — Kendra Parks, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
  • At the rally Saturday morning, a handful of black-clad and masked protesters exchanged insults with the Trump supporters.
    — Megan Cassidy, azcentral, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Police used officers on bikes and in riot gear to keep black-clad, helmet- and mask-wearing anti-fascist protesters — known as antifa — from following them.
    — Gillian Flaccus, The Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2019
  • These long-haired, denim, leather and, yes, spandex clad bands also frequented smaller markets like Huntsville, Mobile and sometimes other Alabama cities like Montgomery.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], AL.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The deadly white nationalist demonstration in Virginia has brought new attention to an anti-fascist movement whose black-clad, bandanna-wearing members have been a regular presence at protests around the country in the last year.
    — Lisa Baumann and Sarah Rankin, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • On Sunday afternoon, members of a black-clad, left-wing antifa group violently attacked some pro-Trump demonstrators in the liberal redoubt of Berkeley, California.
    — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Law enforcement then closed the same bridge to the black-clad and masked far-left protesters.
    — Gillian Flaccus, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Think paint, wood clad, wood beams, wallpaper, and more.
    — Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The metal clad upper floors are in contrast to the lighter brick of the original building.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 3 July 2018
  • The Pink Floyd tribute band that performs, and the organic food stands that congregate on the quad around the dancing, tie-dye clad free thinkers!
    — Brinton Parker, Seventeen, 15 May 2012
  • The black-clad Sanford Stadium crowd roared at kickoff.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Between the two, repurposed fencing clads porch columns and encloses the porch in a low wall.
    — Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • George said as photos of the Unite the Right protest flooded national media, the face of a black-clad, sandy-haired man seemed strangely familiar.
    — Alissa Zhu, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Baltazar Carmelo, a 27-year-old clad in a tan jacket, has been deported twice.
    — Natalie Keyssar, National Geographic, 26 July 2019
  • While there's little doubt that Xi's grip on the top job is iron clad, the Party isn't monolithic and different factions vie for power.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 Oct. 2017
  • In Berkeley, black-clad protesters wearing masks threw Molotov cocktails and smashed windows at the student union center where the Yiannopoulos event was to be held.
    — Jessica Suerth and Leah Asmelash, CNN, 2 July 2019
  • The singer, who showed up clad in C.D.G., was the theme for the night, with popping panels of brightly colored and patterned fabric on a structured, architectural silhouette.
    — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 1 May 2017
  • Meanwhile black clad, helmet and face-mask wearing anti-fascist protesters also were on the streets.
    — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019

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