Example Sentences

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Last week Designer Eames had tooled up a brand-new $175,000 factory, was turning out the first 3,000 models of his 1950 line.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Commander had tooled his airplane over Rangoon, and had seen no enemy activity.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was the opinion of everybody that the man who had tooled away his money and his time on the Clermont was little better than an idiot, and ought to be in an insane asylum.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett

Though seeming hours, only minutes had passed since he had tooled his scout into the rack.

From Raiders Invisible by Hall, Desmond Winter

There were deeper lines in his countenance than mere old age had tooled across the skin.

From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman