- present participle of strap.
strapping
Example Sentences
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Wearing strapping around her lower right leg, Raducanu looked tentative in an hour with her team on the Aorangi Park practice courts, where her mobility was not overly tested.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Back strapping on her pads 10 days later.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
After signing a waiver, strapping on a helmet and paying a $30 fee, audience members can ride along in the passenger seat of a professional driver’s drift car.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
This included strapping the sensors to a vibration table and giving them a solid shake to make sure they could handle the G-forces.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Bradshaw began strapping Seabiscuit into a fur-lined muzzle to get the extra pounds off him, and they weighed the horse every week.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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