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

Blessed with extraordinary hand-eye coordination, Rodriquez developed into an accomplished baseball pitcher as well, one who also could smack a pitched bottle cap with a broomstick.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 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

A metal heart was banging outside his chest, and now he was flying, flying with triumph in his heart, without need of broomstick or thestral....

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling