Sentence example with the word 'shaft'

shaft

abysm, barrel, cilium, die, handle, megalith, open cut, put-down, socle, tablet, ventilating shaft

Definition n. a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

Last update: September 13, 2015


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The shaft pierced the skin of the deer.   [noun]

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The shaft of the hammer broke causing injury to the worker.   [noun]

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The shaft is strong enough in the hammer.   [noun]

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The doctors worked under the shaft of bright lights.   [noun]

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It is not good to shaft a gentleman.   [noun]

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About 83 fathoms further west the Bog shaft is drained by the same adit .   [noun]

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A small silver-lead mine comprising two adits (both open) and an associated shaft, 500 yards west of Crymych village.   [noun]

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It bounced against the shaft of a column, and then fell on the shaven head of a priestling, who seized it and tossed it back.   [noun]

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In the inner hall there was only dim twilight; while the hypostyle was quite dark, but for a singularly contrived shaft of light which produced a most mysterious effect.   [noun]

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There, leaning against the shaft of a pillar, under the shade of the blossoming shrubs, she stood gazing thoughtfully to the southward.   [noun]

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Three or four touched me, and one pierced my hair and remained hanging in it with the feather at the end of the shaft.   [noun]

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With his breast against the leaded handle, he pushed with all his might--pushed until the shaft bent as if about to break.   [noun]

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Two objects fixed his attention--the eagle of the legion first--a gilded effigy perched on a tall shaft, with wings outspread until they met above its head.   [noun]

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