trowel

Example Sentences

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An hour after watering, use a trowel to dig 6-12 inches and see if the soil is damp throughout a plant’s entire root zone.

From Seattle Times

We got our hand trowels and edgers, and we edged it out and then pulled out the grass and composted the soil that was not too weedy.

From Los Angeles Times

"Archaeology is really important in so many aspects of our lives, it is not just slightly strange middle aged men like me wandering around with a trowel in muddy pits," he said.

From BBC

Mixed to a thick slurry, it’s designed to be applied by a squeegee, brush or trowel.

From Washington Post

We got our hand trowels and edgers and we edged it out and then pulled out the grass and composted the soil that was not too weedy.

From Los Angeles Times