crane
Example Sentences
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But whenever I’m far enough away from the glow of streetlights, I crane my neck up and search for them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
In the rice paddies of Buri Ram, Thailand, a sarus crane gently cleans its one-week-old chick before lingering in a quiet beak-to-beak moment.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
It’s not too late to save the whooping crane, the red-cockaded woodpecker, the piping plover or any of the other 86 birds on the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
It takes some 45 seconds for a crane operator to climb down, let alone reach a shelter, Berestenko said.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
My operating the crane was one of a hundred disputes between Dad and Shawn that Shawn won that summer.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
