spile

Example Sentences

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Tie up the spile and the tube of medicine in the parachute and fix it to my belt with vine.

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

Then I think of the spile and wrest it from the tree trunk.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Finnick and I stand with our weapons poised while he works the spile in, but no threat appears.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

I strip a tough vine of its leaves, thread it through the hollow center, and tie the spile securely to my belt.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins