awl
Example Sentences
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She also had silver earplugs threaded through with silver hoops, an awl covered in silver—and a companion: a middle-age man laid to rest in the same jar with a fraction of her wealth.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023
"Wagner is not a piece of slippery soap which the bureaucrats have got used to shoving all over the place; Wagner is an awl, a stiletto that you cannot hide," Prigozhin said.
From Reuters • May 28, 2023
With a screwdriver or an awl, poke into the wood; if it goes in more than ⅛ inch, rot has probably begun.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022
In one example, the investigator’s own fingerprint was found on the awl, demonstrating “incompetence and lack of professionalism,” according to Smith’s Monday filing.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2022
As Tree-ear continued to watch, Kang took up a dab of the semiliquid white clay on the tip of the awl and deposited it into one of the petal-spaces.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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