shaft
Example Sentences
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As the men spoke softly, one of them spun a small shaft on a flat piece of wood, sliding his palms back and forth and made a small fire that quickly built into a flame.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Italian Andrea Pavan said he is "optimistic" about a return to playing after he fell down an open lift shaft in February.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
It plans to sink the mine’s first shaft this year, and hopes to repeat similar success in Congo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
And yet, Gellar has gotten the shaft time and again, unable to fully break free from the characters she’s known for to craft a new on-screen persona that fans can fall in love with.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
When he got to the house, he put down the wagon shaft in the front yard.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
Vocabulary lists containing shaft
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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