spile

Example Sentences

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My mockingjay pin now lives with Cinna’s outfit, but there’s the gold locket and the silver parachute with the spile and Peeta’s pearl.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

By wiggling and adjusting the spile, we get a thin stream running out.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Finnick goes to hammer the spile into the green bark of a massive tree with a rock, but I stop him.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

She opens the silver parachute and pulls out the spile and slips it onto her pinkie.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Fortunately the vines here are strong and the spile and tube of medicine wrapped in the parachute are still secured to my belt.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins