pulley

Example Sentences

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His trips also revealed ornate loom pulleys and pottery, challenging stereotypes that African art is "limited to masks and figures", Oberhofer added.

From Barron's

A system of pulleys allows children on the ground to hoist food to kids above.

From Los Angeles Times

The water around me whirls and churns like cranks in a pulley system.

From Literature

Our beloved Cleo is attached to a complicated system of pulleys, winches, rope, and steel cables.

From Literature

The nearly century-old theater is stuffed to the rafters, quite literally, with set pieces, which hang from ropes and pulleys attached to the fly loft above the stage and wings.

From Los Angeles Times