broomstick

Example Sentences

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To disguise the swelling caused by hours of handshaking, Volk suggested Lincoln grasp a sawed-off broomstick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

It’s friendly magic, the sort that lets you ride around on a broomstick instead of the kind that splits your soul into a bunch of little pieces.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

He compares the ride to riding a magic carpet or gliding around on a broomstick.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2024

The singers will be accompanied by a “shout stick,” historically often a mop or broomstick, since drums were outlawed at the time.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023

He wasn’t the only one, though: the way Seamus Finnigan told it, he’d spent most of his childhood zooming around the countryside on his broomstick.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling