Example Sentences

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All of which may explain why United are shovelling poor Dimitar out the door today.

From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2012

Mr Bartlett’s up in the main-top with his glass to his eye, you may be sure, and the lads below are shovelling in the coals as if they cost nothing.

From Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy by Overend, William Heysham

During the busy time in summer when they are shovelling in, they work hard and for long hours, sparing little time for eating and much less for cooking.

From Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest by Ladue, Joseph Francis