Example Sentences

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Thank you for the 3D tablets, the cottages in the woods, the high-speed elevators and the drill-bits up the nose.

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2016

They are made of metal that is harder than diamond and tougher than rubber, and when they strike they bore in like drill-bits.

From The Skylark of Space by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

Both twist-bits and drill-bits have the advantage over gimlet-bits in that they are less likely to split the wood.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William