planks

Example Sentences

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In the beginning, Peck says it was easy to find trees and hire a mobile sawmill to cut them into planks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

For the Tanglewood strategist, though, most of the planks in the investment rationale remain intact.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

He travels at roughly 5:20-mile pace, uphill, with his feet strapped to carbon-fiber planks, after he’s skied at top speed for several minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

"That’s how I got the idea that if you wanted to make a building toy, you had to do it with planks."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

I get the pitcher of water near the bedpan and splash some on the wooden planks of the floor and then some on my face.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black