crowbar

Example Sentences

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It shows Hsiung, in a dark jacket and tie, trying to pry open a metal door with a crowbar.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Armed with nothing but a crowbar and shovel in the hills of Somaliland, Ahmed Ibrahim hacks away at rocks where he and fellow miners have already found tonnes of lithium.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

If our hearts weren’t already open, they’ve just been forced ajar with a rusty, emotional crowbar.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

With a crowbar I could have reached down and touched them, felt the pulse of the world’s information traveling through my fingertips.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

By noon the coroner was able to throw wet planks down and probe with a crowbar among the sodden heaps of charcoal.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck