shovel

Example Sentences

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Shovel in hand, Hendrena Martin dug through the ruins of the home her father had built more than 60 years ago, searching for any surviving link to the past.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

Andy Shovel is the co-founder and co-CEO of THIS.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023

Besides being home to first-party Nintendo titles featuring Mario and Zelda, the Switch eShop is chock full of amazing indie titles like Shovel Knight and Hades.

From The Verge • Feb. 9, 2022

He calls the school’s archaeology club, which he oversees, the Shovel Bums after the moniker given to rookie archaeologists who do the grunt work at excavation sites.

From Washington Times • May 24, 2019

Two other regular characters, a shovel and a pail, are called Shovel and Pail.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell