dredging machine

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Origin of dredging machine

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby dredging machine

dreck, drecksill, dredge, dredger, dredge up, dredging machine, Dred Scott Decision, dree, dreg, dreggy, D region

How to use dredging machine in a sentence

The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
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They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.
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“If BMW is ‘the ultimate driving machine,’ your Anthem is the ultimate differentiator,” writes Hogshead.
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The resulting Wool Runners were comfortable, eco-friendly, machine-washable, and super cute—and sold out almost immediately.
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Even his signature instrument, Auto-Tune, has become as accepted an ingredient in hip-hop as the drum machine.
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The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
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A little black girl sat on the floor, and with her hands worked the treadle of the machine.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The machine penetrated everywhere, thrusting aside with its gigantic arm the feeble efforts of handicraft.
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"I have a letter somewhere," looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket.
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