Example Sentences

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Extreme heat bakes moisture from wood, turning it into ideal fuel.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

In the interview, Hannah explains how her original plan to write a cookbook turned into an immersive reporting experience, where she practiced and documented multiple artisanal disciplines, like sake brewing and wood turning.

From Slate • May 1, 2022

Coogan gently pushed the dirt around with his boots, then bent down and picked up a piece of petrified wood, turning it over in his hands.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2013

The beaver chewed and gnawed and carved up that piece of wood, turning it over and over in his paws.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

A piece of curved wood, turning up at the end like a skate, was fixed beneath the sledge, enabling it to cleave the snow without sinking deeply into it.

From The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude by D'Anvers, N.