lumber

Example Sentences

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Then as I watched, a kind of odd, old farm wagon—old fashioned and out of place in the middle of a city—came lumbering across the square pulled by four enormous black horses.

From Literature

Somebody was wanted to feed lumber into the rig to prove how rugged these new steel models were.

From Literature

She shut the door before she lumbered down the hall.

From Literature

They were little more than planks of unfinished lumber, with cots jammed into each corner and trunks at the end of them.

From Literature

Remember, every one of these nimble little sporters you see on the road is displacing a larger, more lumbering alternative that could be drifting into your lane.

From The Wall Street Journal