the shaft

Example Sentences

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They allow gimmes if the putt is within the shaft of your putter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Here are two films largely about torturous family dynamics; why is Winslet’s getting the shaft?

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

He observes precisely the labor of his father: “The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft / Against the inside knee was levered firmly.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

It has been going down the shaft - descending about 2km - every hour.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025

I say, “Lieutenant, I did check the cellar. On my own. I did. But I didn’t think of the shaft part. Not until this morning. I don’t know why.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor