dowel
Example Sentences
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By the time she folds it shut with a long wooden dowel, the flatbread is already bubbly and browned.
From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2023
No, a guy walks into a gallery, carrying a bar — a wooden dowel painted in bright stripes of color.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2022
Most of them look more fabricky, or almost like a wood or metal dowel that has fabric on the end of it .
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2021
Once you’re feeling confident, St. Jean says you can graduate to a dowel or tapered pin, or even start using the center of the pin like a dowel and skip the handles altogether.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2021
“It is the goddess Kali,” Mrs. Dixit explained brightly, shifting the dowel slightly in order to straighten the image.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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