gavel
Example Sentences
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He always uses a wooden gavel, now chipped, that his father gave him roughly 25 years ago before he died.
When auctioneer Oliver Barker slammed down the gavel, collectors and dealers in the saleroom erupted in applause.
The landmark legal reference book he edits, Black’s Law Dictionary, is as much a fixture of American courts as black robes, rosewood gavels and brass scales of justice.
From Los Angeles Times
Johnson banged on the gavel, demanding order as the commotion continued.
From Los Angeles Times
These should have been safely in Scotland's archives, not being offloaded to the highest bidder via a bang of the auctioneer's gavel.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
