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
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 William John Hopkins
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 Charles Heber Clark
