Example Sentences

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The diggers, armed with pickaxes, arrived almost overnight.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

So instead of getting swept away by the narrative, I just settled in to enjoy the details: hammerhead sharks twisted into pickaxes, ships that scuttle like crabs, the drama of an underwater scream: “Guh-glurrgggh!”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

In scorching heat, they attacked solid ground with pickaxes and hoes before carefully tucking the seedlings into the earth.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024

Behind him, 20 men were working with pickaxes, shovels and hands.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

The pickaxes beat out a rhythm that rang all over The Mountain.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff