Example Sentences

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Lift with some danged pulley system involving fulcrums and levers and inclined planes, or, better yet, just hire some dumb lunk.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2019

Speaking on Sky Sports, swing coach Butch Harmon paid a fulcrums tribute to the European squad.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 30, 2018

Samba schools are social clubs, really, fulcrums of community spirit tucked deep into a neighborhood, many in ramshackle favelas.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2016

Our musculoskeletal system works in a similar manner, with bones being stiff levers and the articular endings of the bones—encased in synovial joints—acting as fulcrums.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

I. Two levers of first class showing fulcrums in different positions.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.