shovel it in
Example Sentences
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The Flyers got a bit of a gift goal midway through the first period when Koskinen coughed the puck up behind the net, leading Thompson to shovel it in from the goal line.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
With heavy traffic in front of the San Jose net, the Vancouver center banged away at the puck and found a way to shovel it in behind a diving Jones.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2019
And since I never know when the next meal might come, when it does, I shovel it in and move on.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2016
He dashed away a couple of tears; and stepping over a heap of loose earth as they began to shovel it in, he grasped Butterwick by the hand.
From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Clark, Charles Heber
Then the man told him to shovel it in, a little at a time. 20And the little boy shoveled it in slowly, and he felt very proud, for he was helping to make real mortar.
From The Doers by Hopkins, William John
