shovel

Example Sentences

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Less than two miles away from this once grand looking building is The Malt Shovel pub on Anlaby Road, where Paul Renton is sipping his pint outside on the terrace under the midday sun.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

Shovel in hand, Hendrena Martin dug through the ruins of the home her father had built more than 60 years ago, searching for any surviving link to the past.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

Besides being home to first-party Nintendo titles featuring Mario and Zelda, the Switch eShop is chock full of amazing indie titles like Shovel Knight and Hades.

From The Verge • Feb. 9, 2022

Shovel assembled, one woman started digging, quickly uncovering the beacon.

From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2020

Then they went to the library book-sale racks and bought about twenty old picture books, such as The Story of Babar and Mike Mulligan’s Steam Shovel and The Little Engine That Could.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli