belt sander

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noun

a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.

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How to use belt sander in a sentence

They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.
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Now they are a notch on a belt, and the savior can feel good about themselves.
To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show|Samantha Allen|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Det. 2: No, not your belt . . . . Remember being out in the sunroom, the room that sits out to the back of the house?
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Not long after, a 10-year-old girl wearing a suicide belt was arrested.
The New Face of Boko Haram’s Terror: Teen Girls|Nina Strochlic|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He would laboriously make his way from desk to loo, belt down a few, then return.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His boyish suspenders had been put away in favor of a belt, which was tight-drawn about his slim waist.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
He reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Just smiled, a sardonic sort of grimace, and unbuckled his belt and handed it over without a word.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He put his hand to his belt, screwed up his mug, and said he felt plumb et up inside.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
A millionaire might offer more for a life belt as a souvenir than a drowning man could pay for it to save his life.
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