Examples of split rail in a Sentence
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The image captures a sow and piglets against a split rail fence.
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Arkansas Online,
12 Dec. 2025
In Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society contracted with the city to lay sod, plant trees and erect split rail fences around vacant lots.
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Talis Shelbourne,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
16 July 2021
Cut to two cowboys perched on a split rail fence watching the action.
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Steve Wehrenberg,
Star Tribune,
2 Feb. 2021
One of the salvia plants that’s between each split rail is called a Waverly sage, and the hummingbirds love that plant.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Oct. 2020
Openlands also will be responsible for snow plowing, landscaping and replacing a high chain link fence with a shorter split rail wooden fence.
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Karen Berkowitz,
chicagotribune.com,
2 Mar. 2018
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Arkansas Online,
12 Dec. 2025
In Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society contracted with the city to lay sod, plant trees and erect split rail fences around vacant lots.
—
Talis Shelbourne,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
16 July 2021
Cut to two cowboys perched on a split rail fence watching the action.
—
Steve Wehrenberg,
Star Tribune,
2 Feb. 2021
One of the salvia plants that’s between each split rail is called a Waverly sage, and the hummingbirds love that plant.
—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Oct. 2020
Openlands also will be responsible for snow plowing, landscaping and replacing a high chain link fence with a shorter split rail wooden fence.
—
Karen Berkowitz,
chicagotribune.com,
2 Mar. 2018
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“Split rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split%20rail. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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