How To Use Shingle In A Sentence

Therefore, if the vaccine afforded protection for life, there would be a very strong argument in favor of universal vaccination - no chicken pox and no shingles.
Walking for any distance along shingle bank is punishing on the legs. Times, Sunday Times
For a moment I feared I was going to drown as I lay pole-axed on the shingle, but scrambled free in time. Country diary: Western Cumbria
Half-pipe, tan shingles created a beautiful tessellation on the roof - one Theorton considered if he were ever to purchase his own home some time.
Rapping the knife with a baton, split a thin shingle from the side of a dry wood block. Basic Knife Skills by Field & Stream's Keith McCafferty

Nobody ever gets shingles or quinsy, or mumps in a novel.
It's protected by a huge shingle bank. Times, Sunday Times
Standing clear of the cluster of converted railway carriages and huts that line the shingle shore, the tower has four storeys and two bedrooms. Times, Sunday Times
A small wood shingled A frame, it was solidly encased by trees, hidden from view.
The shingles are no great problem; I've shaken hands on a deal to have the house and garage roof replaced in the autumn and if I get a major leak before then all I need do is make a call and they'll hop on over with a large blue tarpaulin.
Has a narrow strip of sandy beach as well as rocky areas with coves of shingle or sand beaches. Collins Traveller - Mallorca
If you've ever had chicken pox, you may suffer from shingles or herpes zoster.
Each year, 600,000 or more Americans are diagnosed with shingles, a painful skin disease caused by a reactivation of the chickenpox virus.
The inn is a collection of four shingled buildings, each uniquely configured with three or four rooms connected to one another by paths through native gardens of salal and rhododendron.
It's just a shame that beach is shingle, rather than sand. Times, Sunday Times
Finally the grader came along and levelled and shingled the road.
Beneath the city's dense urban forest, low walls of Arroyo Seco stone and clinker brick front brown-shingled homes with porches set under graceful overhangs.
From the great shingle bank that runs south along the shoreline you can look out over the cold grey North Sea. Times, Sunday Times
After lunch or dinner, wander across the road to the shingle beach and watch the fishermen. The Sun
Some time about the year 1827, two sturdy lads, tall and well proportioned but clad in homespun and barefooted, came to "Dryden Corners" from the South Hill neighborhood, driving an ox team and bringing to market a wagon load of pine shingles which they had shaved by hand. Living in Dryden: June 2004 Archives
These two plants hold together the sand and shingle - without them the whole peninsula could well disappear. Times, Sunday Times
The carpet feels like the shingle on Brighton beach. Times, Sunday Times
Our house in Ireland was really nothing more then a cottage with white shingles on the pointed roof, the outer boards a pale shade of green.
A narrow gut of shingle and sand leads out to sea for the swimmers. Times, Sunday Times
The guy who poured the concrete knew he was better at concrete than the guys who installed the cabinets who knew they were better at carpentry than the guy who shingled the roof.
Deal, with its pier and long shingle beach, is eight miles away. Times, Sunday Times
The results of applying these dressings to skin previously affected by the shingles rash but still painful has proved highly effective. Times, Sunday Times
Protruding awkwardly above the much older buildings, the huge, prismlike shingled roof of the modern church overhangs a concrete patio bearing a seven-foot wooden cross. American Grace
The roofs were thatched, turfed or covered in wood shingles, depending on available local resources.
Elsewhere anyone was at liberty to hang up a shingle and go into practice as a physician.
Cliffs, chalk grassland, shingle beach. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
When laying the roof,make sure that the shingles lap over each other.
Its 150m shoreline switches from fine sand to shingle. Times, Sunday Times
Look at the roof for loose or damaged shingles and contact a roofing contractor for repairs.
Today, the sea laps tamely over the shingle beach beside the tangle of narrow streets. Times, Sunday Times
Has a narrow strip of sandy beach as well as rocky areas with coves of shingle or sand beaches. Collins Traveller - Mallorca
Ice and water protection can be used under any type of roofing, including three-tab and laminated composition shingles, wood shingles and shakes, and all types of tile.
It was log cabin style, as all of ours were, but the roof was shingled with crumbling slate, a pattern that resembled dragons scales.
A peaked shingle roof, weather-bleached wooden walls, the planks warped and twisted.
The interiors contain no drywall or plaster, and exterior cladding comprises cedar shingles and plywood.
There are also two sheltered shingle beaches and a small tidal island which can be climbed. Times, Sunday Times
Side effects included pancreatitis and shingles that resulted in discontinuation of 5-acetylsalicylic acid, leukopenia corrected by withholding 6-mercaptopurine and self-resolved hepatitis. IBD clinical studies: drug comparisons
Most people get only one attack of shingles, but for an unlucky minority it can be a recurrent problem. Times, Sunday Times
The shingles vaccine: who is eligible? Times, Sunday Times
Now the Protestant family is like a bundle of refuse shingles, when withed up together, (which it never was and never will be to all etarnity) no great of a bundle arter all, you might take it up under one arm, and walk off with it without winkin. The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, often starts as pain, burning, numbness or tingling, followed by an itchy, often excruciating red rash a few days later. Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Shingles: Can Adults Protect Themselves From a Pox They Hoped to Leave to Childhood?
It was a grand old house, with weathered shingles and brightly painted gables and nautical touches everywhere, and it had been there forever. Rick Horowitz: After the Debt Deal: Drifting Away on Lake Parable
Green hardwood battens were then attached to the ribs, forming fixing points for the narrow steel shingles.
Has a narrow strip of sandy beach as well as rocky areas with coves of shingle or sand beaches. Collins Traveller - Mallorca
Even leaf, brick, shingle and blade of grass is fresh - washed and shining.
There are many new products on the market that will provide inlet air at the eave of the roof by bringing in the air from behind the gutters, through the roof sheathing, and under the shingle materials.
There are also two sheltered shingle beaches and a small tidal island which can be climbed. Times, Sunday Times
It is advantageous in that it protects the waterproofing from damage by ultraviolet radiation, and precludes the need for tiles or other shingles.
Bacon plays a double role in this meatloaf: flavoring the mushrooms and the interior of the loaf, while forming a shingled crust on the outside. Kerry Saretsky: Franglais: Boeuf Bourguignon Meatloaf
Most of them had shingled awnings borne on prominent brackets projecting over their simple wooden platforms.
Today, the sea laps tamely over the shingle beach beside the tangle of narrow streets. Times, Sunday Times
They overlap with a shiplap joint between courses and a lap joint between shingles in the same course.
Colourful parasols dot its fine shingle beach and, inland, rolling rural landscapes await those who like to explore.
A wide stretch of sand and shingle makes a good spot for beach games. Times, Sunday Times
The results of applying these dressings to skin previously affected by the shingles rash but still painful has proved highly effective. Times, Sunday Times
It is also available in common lumber and plywood sizes, as well as shakes and shingles for roofing and sidewall applications.
Today, the sea laps tamely over the shingle beach beside the tangle of narrow streets. Times, Sunday Times
The gray-colored walls of the apartments were weather-worn with cracked paint and the low roof obviously needed new shingles.
The steeple culminates in a slender shingled octagonal spire.
My husband thought he could strip the rotten shingles off the steep roof himself.
Constructed with fire retardant cedar roof shingles and exterior walls made of rough-hewn lumber, it is the quintessential ski retreat.
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The shingles on the roof were missing, and what once used to be grand stained - glass windows was now nothing but broken jags of colored glass.
Topped by a broad shingled asphalt roof and constructed from recovered timbers, the cabin is anchored by a Rumford fireplace that makes use of local stone. Molly’s Cabin by AGATHOM
As you get older or if your immune system gets weak, the chickenpox virus may escape from the nerve cells and cause shingles.
The great shingle bank is rather tentatively attached to the land in the north. Times, Sunday Times
Common terns used to nest mainly on secluded shingle beaches, but there are probably more of them breeding inland now than by the sea. Times, Sunday Times
Below nestled a shingle cove of limpid water and fearless little fish, qualities that tend to bring the boy out of the man.
On the exterior, they replaced the fiberglass wall shingles with stained cedar shakes and put in oversized, divided-light windows.
Now the Protestant family is like a bundle of refuse shingles, when withed up together (which it never was and never will be to all etarnity), no great of a bundle arter all; you might take it up under one arm, and walk off with it without winkin '. The Clockmaker
A handsome and mysterious stranger, an Argentine illegal worker (Demian Gabriel) arrives by fishing boat, and connects with an assortment of eccentrics, most notably an older woman (Warhol superstar Viva) who occupies a rundown and secluded oceanfront compound of old style, grand, shingled houses and bungalows. Regina Weinreich: Paul Morrissey Dishes on Acting School and Andy Warhol
His face wore a smile instead of the usual scowl, he had no coat on, his sleeves were rolled up, and he carried a frow in one hand (a frow is a sharp instrument used for splitting out shingles), and a heavy mallet in the other. The Boy Trapper
Remove enough of the roof shingles, tiles, gravel, or other roofing material down to the tar paper.
During the summer months, they often seek shelter behind loose boards, under eaves or shingles, in attics and church belfries, and so on.
“Do, do,” said Mowbray, recklessly; “I thank you, I thank you;” and hastily traversing the garden, as if desirous to get rid at once of his visitor and his own thoughts, he took the shortest road to a little postern-gate, which led into the extensive copsewood, through some part of which Clara had caused a walk to be cut to a little summer-house built of rough shingles, covered with creeping shrubs. Saint Ronan's Well
After lunch or dinner, wander across the road to the shingle beach and watch the fishermen. The Sun
It is miles of split-rail fence, moss on a wood shingle roof, broomcorn and flax in a pioneer garden. Proposal: A great deal on a New Deal
A viewing platform has been erected for visitors in the hold, which has been partially filled with shingle ballast and barrels to provide a sense of what it would have been like in Nelson's time.
Two blades of the propeller are buried in the shingle seabed, with the hub just clear.
Topped by a broad shingled asphalt roof and constructed from recovered timbers, the cabin is anchored by a Rumford fireplace that makes use of local stone. Molly’s Cabin by AGATHOM
Today, the sea laps tamely over the shingle beach beside the tangle of narrow streets. Times, Sunday Times
We think existing flood defences could be repaired with clay and a shingle ridge. Times, Sunday Times
a house of weathered shingles
The inside ceiling was more planks of wood, the outer bark shingles helping to trickle the water off the edges.
Local people eat limpets and the gonads of shingle urchins uncooked but they eat nerites and periwinkles boiled.
Tonight, as well has playing with a new drummer that they've never gigged with, the singer isn't in the best of health due to having Shingles.
Maybe so but the cardboard is designed to withstand 140mph winds and when Hurricane Ike passed over the top of my house 16 months ago with 100mph winds, I slept through it and lost but a few shingles and a few tree limbs and a wooden fence. Page 2
He had no mind to pay out money for what he could do himself; and many a wet afternoon did he and his hired man devote to the replacing of shingles, the nailing on of clapboards, to puttying, painting, and other matters of the same kind. Janet's Love and Service
Just when you think that childhood diseases were nothing more than a fuzzy memory - bang, you develop shingles.
Dr. Mantell concludes that the islands of New Zealand were densely peopled at a period geologically recent, though historically remote, by tribes of gigantic brevi-pennate birds allied to the ostrich tribe, all, or almost all, of species and genera now extinct; and that, subsequently to the formation of the most ancient ornithic deposit, the sea-coast has been elevated from fifty to one hundred feet above its original level; hence the terraces of shingle and loam which now skirt the maritime districts. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
Today, the sea laps tamely over the shingle beach beside the tangle of narrow streets. Times, Sunday Times
Solar shingles and roofing tiles now can serve as both roof and electric generators.
You cannot get shingles from someone who has shingles; however, because shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox, you can get chickenpox if you have not had chickenpox disease or a vaccine that provided protective immunity. Shingles
The gradients associated with these profiles also vary between sand and shingle beaches, the latter being generally steeper.
If you have a history of cold sores, shingles or herpes, your doctor can prescribe a medication to prevent these infections after laser surgery.
But he was never the small-time lawyer, with only a desk and a shingle, that some made him out to be.
Every time a shingle is added to the gimcrack, ramshackle governance structure that we're propping up, another door falls off its hinges. Archive 2009-04-01
Start at the eaves of the hip, with a double layer of shingles, and work your way up to the ridge using the standard 5 inch exposure.
The reason I wanted to see this beach is because the book said that if, conditions were right, the sound of the waves hitting this unique shoreline of flat, shingle-like “pink rhyolite and felsite bedrock” makes a tinkling, bell-like sound. Day in the Life of an Idiot
When it is time to replace roofing, install light-colored shingles (composition, metal, or tile) to reflect heat.
It arose in a low moan and mounted steadily to a shriek, gradually dying away in the distance, followed by the slish-slishing of the fine snow across the rotted shingles of the roof. The Rover Boys out West Or, The Search for a Lost Mine
Have the original shingles and roofing felt, called underlayment, torn off and go with a total replacement. Undefined
I'd lots o 'dealin's with him afore ever I seed him, and I allers found him straight as a shingle. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time
Shingles is not infectious in the same way as chickenpox, where the virus can be passed on in coughs and sneezes.
There are also two sheltered shingle beaches and a small tidal island which can be climbed. Times, Sunday Times
They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper
I wasn't sure how many floors there were to the place: the frontage was a riot of shingle roofs and gables, annexes and additions, windows of all shapes and sizes.
Descending the shotline the Brighton emerged at around 40m on a sand and shingle seabed at 48m.
Deal, with its pier and long shingle beach, is eight miles away. Times, Sunday Times
Herpes is caused by herpes simplex viruses, which are similar to the viruses that cause chickenpox and shingles.
Deal, with its pier and long shingle beach, is eight miles away. Times, Sunday Times
) The oldest part of the house, made of wood, was kept freshly painted, oyster-white shingles that glowed like radium in early dusk. MIDDLE AGE: A ROMANCE
Every leaf , brick , shingle and blade of grass is fresh - washed and shining.
Cliffs, chalk grassland, shingle beach. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
There are also two sheltered shingle beaches and a small tidal island which can be climbed. Times, Sunday Times
Has a narrow strip of sandy beach as well as rocky areas with coves of shingle or sand beaches. Collins Traveller - Mallorca
People want wood shingles on their houses for purely aesthetic reasons.
Treated wood shingles may leach toxic preservatives, and asphalt shingles may leach small amounts of petroleum compounds.
Under water, the shingle beach shelves down to rows of small rocks and kelp beneath the low-water mark.
But Michael Rebell was never the small-time lawyer, with only a desk and a shingle, that some made him out to be.
The drug also is approved to treat a painful condition called fibromyalgia, diabetic nerve pain and pain after shingles. Pfizer Halts Lyrica Epilepsy Study, Cites Efficacy
It has a shingle beach. Times, Sunday Times
Follow the path through the back of the dunes back to the shingle, and from there it's a stroll east to the car park. Times, Sunday Times
We think existing flood defences could be repaired with clay and a shingle ridge. Times, Sunday Times
A particular problem with composition shingles is that due to the heat-softening, they become very prone to damage.
The fish's body is covered with scales that overlap each other like the shingles on the roof of a house.
It's just a shame that beach is shingle, rather than sand. Times, Sunday Times
The herbs in this formula all have active antiviral properties and are effective against herpes, shingles, flu, warts, and other viral infections.
There were also sand dunes and shingle banks that were later used for building roads in the new town.
We looked at copper, composition shingles, slate and concrete, and finally decided on rubber shingles made entirely from recycled tires.
You could hear the wind rustling through the shingles and down into the chimney.
A wide stretch of sand and shingle makes a good spot for beach games. Times, Sunday Times
Now that there are no shingles or vacations to deter us, we'll be a'fixin' up the ole homestead. June 2004
Just a few weeks later, she broke out with shingles, an agonizing ailment where the nerves become infected and large blister-like eruptions explode all over the skin.
He had built the railed, shingled-roofed little nest high up in the tree's crotched heart where Ruth kept some of her extra-special notes and jewelry and a book of poems. Archive 2009-03-01
Cara brushed her hand over the pebbly imprint the asphalt shingles had left on the back of her legs. Choker
The poor old bilander had made herself such a hole in the shingle that she rolled no more, but only lifted at the stern and groaned, as the quiet waves swept under her. Mary Anerley
The narrow vee of sea visible between the shingle banks from her carefully positioned table glittered with blinding beauty. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
Built in the late 19th century, this shingle-style home in Cutchogue, N.Y., features a library with a hidden door leading to an office known as the 'sanctum.' Waterfront in Long Island
If you need to re-roof your home, remember that the key to a long roof life is the right combination of underlayment, ventilation, insulation and shingles.
Passing the long rows of steam saw-mills, -- Jacksonville is a flourishing lumber port, -- one comes to the point of debarcation for millions of feet of pine lumber, shingles and staves, and great quantities of naval stores. The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland
Cedar shakes and shingles are, of course, natural wood.
Slide the saddle, or top flashing, underneath both shingles or shakes and the roofing felt.
In the distance the shingle gave way to muddy sand and she could see dunlin and redshank at the water's edge. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
Seal flashing around roof stacks and vents, between roof valley flashing and shingles, and around roof additions and skylights.
The sand and shingle beach is great for horse riding or a sunset stroll. The Sun
I have sometimes been induced to think it nothing more than a confirmed stage of the serpigo or ringworm, or it may be the same with what is elsewhere termed the shingles. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
Applying protective sealants can become a cumbersome process of maneuvering around the cervices of each shingle to ensure total protection. James Hardie Building Products, Inc. Improves HardieShingle® Siding - Yahoo! Finance
Herpes zoster, commonly called shingles, means a girdle in the old sense of a belt.
You cannot fail to behold it when you attain the crest -- and having climbed the steep-up heavenly hill -- as the poet says -- "Sir Edward went bounding across the shingle and vanished up a steep path overhung with bushes and creepers. Sanditon
If you need to re-roof your home, remember that the key to a long roof life is the right combination of underlayment, ventilation, insulation and shingles.
As the shingles weather to a deep grey, the house appears from a distance to disappear into the forest.
Secure it with two nails hammered flush, at a 45-degree angle just below the next highest row of shingles.
The neat frame building bore a skin of immaculate white clapboard, the tall, pyramidal steeple above the front door shingled with new cedar shakes.
Colourful parasols dot its fine shingle beach and, inland, rolling rural landscapes await those who like to explore.
Mark Shingler and Andrew Whiston, of the Barlaston computer department, are analysing data from the questionnaire and collating the results.
In addition, a kind of statistical filter algorithm fit to shingle chip microprocessor system and its program configuration used by this PCR instrument are presented.
Ice dams will force moisture under roof shingles where it can drip into the attic or walls.
A slight pagoda-like lift to the gables and unusual terracotta roof ornaments lend a hint of the exotic to the large shingled houses.
It occurs in shingles, because the virus that causes the illness, varicella, nests in the nerves. USATODAY.com - Chronic pain: The enemy within
The carpet feels like the shingle on Brighton beach. Times, Sunday Times
The seabed here is made up of heavy granite pebbles and shingle, so the visibility is often very good.
The shingle banks were wonderful, like frozen waves perhaps six feet from trough to crest; you could walk along a trough as it were beneath the landscape, invisible.
A narrow gut of shingle and sand leads out to sea for the swimmers. Times, Sunday Times
His warnings proved to be accurate during the building of the Tuam Street pumping station as there was great difficulty because of the quicksands and beds of shingle around the site.
To do this, cut 6 inches off the first shingle of the second course at the rake of the slope.
If he dragged his heels or didn't "mind," his father meted out punishment with a shingle. A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden
With little planning and even less foresight, he hangs up his shingle and hires his favorite waitress from the local diner to be his Girl Friday. The Highly Effective Detective by Richard Yancey: Book summary
The village is home to a three-mile sand and shingle bar that divides the sea from a lake. Times, Sunday Times
Hidden amidst the towering buildings at the outermost edge of the city lay a small, ratty karaoke bar that seems to seek shelter from the raging thunderstorm, its shingled roof rattling harshly.
The storms of years had washed the paint from it; it had "hogged" in the roof where the great square chimney projected its nicked bulk from among loosened bricks scattered on the shingles; and from knife-gnawed "deacon-seat" on the porch to window-blind, dangling from one hinge on the broad gable, the old structure was seedy indeed. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul
They also replaced the house's aging brown-shingle roof with black shingles for house and porch.
To the left of the docks was the pavilion, an open wooden structure with a shingled roof and deck. Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
Cliffs, chalk grassland, shingle beach. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
As this was the first time that the oystercatcher had come so far from its more conventional nesting habitat on the shingle beaches and sandhills close to the sea, one wondered why.
Colourful parasols dot its fine shingle beach and, inland, rolling rural landscapes await those who like to explore.
The internal walls of the shopping street, bars and restaurants are tricked out in cedar shingles, oak and stone. Times, Sunday Times
My understanding is that you get a dry section of the wood you will use for shingles, put it on a surface at waist level, hold the handle of the froe in your left hand with the blade facing you.
This is my only reason for justifying the shingle hanging outside in the boulevard.
The disappearance of nearly a mile of steeply shelving shingle has baffled experts. Times, Sunday Times
The results of applying these dressings to skin previously affected by the shingles rash but still painful has proved highly effective. Times, Sunday Times
Recruits were asked about prior chickenpox or shingles, with details recorded.
The fish's body is covered with scales that overlap each other like the shingles on the roof of a house.
City Police showed up Monday afternoon at the cemetery to find a hired worker peeling some of the worn shingles from the caretaker's house roof to make way for some long-needed repairs to the old, vacant and decaying property. Archive 2005-11-01
Ten minutes walk from the harbour are shingle beaches with safe swimming, pedalo hire and a windsurfing school for the energetic.
Has a narrow strip of sandy beach as well as rocky areas with coves of shingle or sand beaches. Collins Traveller - Mallorca
There's also a correlation between age and the incidence of a complication of shingles known as post-herpetic neuralgia, or PHN. Skin Talk
I shingled it all over and made one half a rose garden, which were her favourite flowers, and decorated the rest with the ornaments.
Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the reactivation of the chicken pox virus and characterized by a painful blistery rash that erupts along the nerves. Getting Closer to the Root of What Causes Baldness
For summer rain, trellising can be covered with shingles, shakes, reed fencing bamboo, window screens, louvers, canvas, glass or plastic.
Composite or fiberglass shingles is the most common roofing now in use.
Slip the flange of the roof cap under the shingles above it, nail it to the roof, and seal the nailheads with roofing cement.
Constructed with fire retardant cedar roof shingles and exterior walls made of rough-hewn lumber, it is the quintessential ski retreat.
The sand and shingle beach is great for horse riding or a sunset stroll. The Sun
In this area, most roofs are covered with asphalt shingles.

How To Use Shingle In A Sentence

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