eave

Example Sentences

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An additional Hungarian team of 15-20 rescuers will eave Hungary on Thursday evening on a military plane provided by the government and arrive at the rescue site on Friday morning, Kovacs said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2023

And cross blocking between those supports should be installed at least every four to six feet as rafters rise from eave to ridge; walls more than six feet high also need cross supports.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022

Over the last two decades, Mike Madrid has battled Democrats, Republicans, Donald Trump and a pesky family of squirrels that assumed residence in the eave of his Midtown Sacramento home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

The power cable, motion sensor, and microphone visible here are designed to go under the camera, but when mounting under an eave they sit sideways.

From The Verge • Nov. 14, 2021

I let it slam behind me, then sat on the rain-sopped steps, hunched up under the eave.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd