sandbag
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, Bertrand removes a 50-pound sandbag from the counterweight bin, tightens the sling, and realigns the wooden trough.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025
Fellow resident Mark Clayton, helped to co-ordinate the sandbag collection, shovelling more than 140 tonnes of sand.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
And he has had spills in the public eye: falling off a bicycle, tripping over a sandbag.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024
Mr. Biden took a serious fall in June after tripping over a sandbag after delivering the commencement speech at the Air Force Academy.
From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2023
“And what’s in the seat is one twenty-five-pound sandbag, and”—I pick up the white kitchen trash liner that’s next to it—“two five-pound sacks of flour.”
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.