plank
Example Sentences
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Gratefully, I spotted one under the plank I was sitting on, pulled it out, and did the same—anything to look busy.
From Literature
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Excavators were at work along the shoreline - houses built on wooden stilts over the lagoon were still being pulled down, their planks collapsing into the water below.
From BBC
My movements are swift, my bare feet silent on the rough wooden planks, until I reach the stairs.
From Literature
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He ducked under a couple of long metal pipes being carried by two guys, and then stood aside as someone else made their way over a rickety network of wood planks with a wheelbarrow.
From Literature
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I strode faster now, pounding the wooden planks like a drumbeat.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.