Example Sentences

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Plows were overwhelmed by the depth and weight of the snow, rendering typical equipment ineffective, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Plows were like those used in ancient Rome: the weight of the plow was carried in a pole that went across the animal’s neck.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Plows cleared a heavily traveled road; ambulances and trucks were able to get through, but few other vehicles were moving.

From Time • Jan. 23, 2016

Plows made short work of the snow on major suburban highways emptied of school buses and commuters.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2015

Always it was as if the Plows walked some fair, inter-penetrating plane, from which they looked out as do other things not quite of earth, say, flowers and fire and music.

From Miss Lulu Bett by Gale, Zona