log of wood
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"When we got there we saw what looked like a log of wood and that transpired to be a torso, which had stayed exactly where it had gone in. Which was quite remarkable."
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
Next time the Duluth Symphony met, each musician brought a log of wood.
From Time Magazine Archive
In front of the Palace Flophouse there was a large log of wood where Mack and the boys were sitting in the mid-morning sun.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
When he was just a week old the Fates had appeared to his mother, Althea, and thrown a log of wood into the fire burning in her chamber.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The body was frozen, of course, and was as easily handled as if it had been a log of wood.
From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward
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