lumber
Example Sentences
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Army Green Berets lumbered through a northern Swedish pine forest, struggling not to fall on their brand new skis as they dragged sleds over hills and frozen creeks.
The president, for example, has at his disposal Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same tool he used to impose import taxes on steel, aluminum, lumber and furniture.
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Chica lumbered up from the water, a smug look on her face and purple paint across her shell.
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Quietly she moved away and lumbered to the edge of the stream, filled now to the brim with clear, sweet running water.
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He lumbered back to where the bus had gone into the water and discovered the wind had not blown it off the road.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.