• What is more, Mr Olmert's political rivals are keeping their knives sheathed for now.

    ECONOMIST: Israel and America

  • Mr Bohlen estimates that "at least 500 buildings" in UAE cities are sheathed in the flammable panels.

    BBC: 'Towering inferno' fears for Gulf's high-rise blocks

  • For the Games it looks ungainly from the outside, with its steel-framed, fabric-sheathed wings of temporary seating.

    WSJ: London Olympics 2012 | These Knock-Down, Shrinkable Games | By Hugh Pearman

  • The 14-storey property, sheathed in French limestone, is connected via walkway to the busy Dubai International Financial Centre.

    BBC: Business trip: Dubai

  • Mr. Watson first learned to play a fretless banjo made by his father that was sheathed in cat's skin.

    WSJ: Folk Musician Doc Watson Dies

  • Like the iMac, the XPS One comes sheathed in tasteful glass and aluminum.

    FORBES: The iMac From Texas

  • The last item taken out of the pack was a long, sheathed blade.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'The Assassins Gallery'

  • In Milan, Gabriella Crespi experimented with architectural, unadorned shapes such as her Z desk, a zigzag of brass-sheathed wood.

    WSJ: Cue the '70s | Design

  • But some building experts say that many of those towers are sheathed in a highly flammable material that puts occupants at risk.

    BBC: 'Towering inferno' fears for Gulf's high-rise blocks

  • Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid, the 46, 000-square-foot futuristic space is sheathed in stainless-steel pleats that alternately run horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

    WSJ: A Mini Bilbao Opens in Michigan

  • And it could sport an aluminum skin, to better match the metal and glass sheathed iPhones and iMacs introduced over the past few months.

    FORBES: The Next iPod

  • Small, but well-designed rooms offer unique touches like black washed oak flooring, colourful headboards that are swapped out by the season, and bright, functional bathrooms sheathed in marble mosaic tile.

    BBC: Business trip: New York City

  • On January 19th, the day he moored his ships together in the Ross Sea, he wore a black, military-style sweater adorned with Sea Shepherd patches, and a rainbow-colored belt that held a sheathed knife.

    NEWYORKER: Neptune��s Navy

  • Wiig, with her writing partner, Annie Mumolo, came up with the script, based on a modest satirical idea: American women are devoted to an ethos of niceness, even when their thoughts are barely sheathed daggers.

    NEWYORKER: The Better Life

  • The cosy, historic 65-room St Regis hotel underwent a major, 12-million Canadian dollar renovation in 2008 and re-emerged as a business traveller favourite, with marble bathroom finishes and walls sheathed in rich, pale blue leather.

    BBC: Business trip: Vancouver

  • Slender, sheathed in black leather, with short ebony hair sticking up in a tuft, her fingers sticking out of black woollen gloves as they skitter across a keyboard, Mara cuts through scene after scene like a swift, dark blade.

    NEWYORKER: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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