How to Use stanchion in a Sentence

stanchion

noun
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  • Just one of those things, the puck kind of hits the stanchion.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The stanchions where cows were milked still remain, along with the horse stalls.
    — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2017
  • At the bottom of the fiberglass rod is a stanchion, and that’s what the flag would be attached to.
    — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The bump sent the Kings’ bouncy center stumbling all the way to the basket stanchion.
    — Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021
  • At one point in one of the videos, the stanchions holding in the line were knocked over, and a Broward County sheriff’s deputy was shoved to the ground.
    — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 9 May 2017
  • The game saw players on both teams flying into the stanchion and crashing to the court.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
  • And Stephenson was so fired up after a huge dunk - for two of his 12 points in the game - that he head-butted the goal's padded stanchion.
    — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 9 July 2018
  • Bases are made of steel stanchions and are covered in hard rubber.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • One man swings a metal stanchion at the attackers, who then push him against a car and punch and kick him, the video shows.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • The frame, body, and chainstays are metallic; the stanchions are golden; and the saddle, fork, and fenders are white.
    — Claire Martin, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2018
  • And Stephenson was so fired up after a huge dunk Sunday - for two of his 12 points in the game - that he head-butted the goal's padded stanchion.
    — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Coral gilds the stanchions, feathered with dim Atlantic light.
    — Connie Bruck, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Finally, James missed his third straight free throw in the last 64 seconds of the half, then walked down the lane to the padded basket stanchion and head-butted it.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Joe Ingles tossed a ball at the padded stanchion after being fouled.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2021
  • Curry launched it, trying for a shot that needed to go up and over the stanchion, the shot clock and the backboard in order to swish through the basket.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Look at the design of the shelters at the stations, with their bold stanchions, curved roofs surmounted by heavy finials.
    — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Bouncing his head off the padded back stanchion of the basket to celebrate a bucket.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The whole thing is perched on concrete stanchions in a meadow; as with City Hall, one is meant to ascend to a kind of shining city on a hill.
    — Anthony Flint, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
  • The basket stanchion blocks half the court like a shutdown cornerback.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2020
  • One of the biggest changes: The stanchions where passengers line up to board have video monitors.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The cutter sustained a bent stanchion and some bent handrails, according to the Coast Guard, while Cod received a tiny nick in its bow stem.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 15 June 2021
  • Standing at the back of the concessions line, which even at 3:30 a.m. continued to snake beyond the stanchions, Bakalli smiled.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Folding tables and chairs were cordoned off with stanchions and rope.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
  • Upset with himself, Okobo punched the basket stanchion as Phoenix trailed 79-77.
    — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 25 Nov. 2019
  • After a steal, Dylan Windler raced up the floor for a transition dunk and got clubbed in the head and shoved into the stanchion by Kyle Kuzma.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Members of both teams stood along the baselines as the managers and starters were announced and emerged from the dugout between four stanchions that spit sparks into the air.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • But after Troy Brown Jr.’s tying layup with three minutes to play in the third, George bounced the ball off of the stanchion’s padding in frustration.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • But there are frequent bottlenecks; near the shoreline and around the stanchions, the walkway can be as narrow as five feet.
    — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • For Cavs games, there are five courtside LED tables and several stanchions near the hoops.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Magnolia Press was set up for a long and winding queue, with rows of stanchions and chains leading to a white marble counter.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019

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