Example Sentences

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While contemporaries struggled with airborne instability, Wilbur and Orville Wright used a system of pulleys to warp their aircraft's fabric wings, allowing a pilot to bank and turn with greater ease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

His trips also revealed ornate loom pulleys and pottery, challenging stereotypes that African art is "limited to masks and figures", Oberhofer added.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The workers check and replace the large plastic bulbs on the long strings of lights and then use pulleys and hoists to hang and sometimes muscle those long strands of faceted lights onto the branches.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

The compound bow features mechanical pulleys, telescopic sights and release aids to assist accuracy.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

Unbelievably loud, with engines and pulleys running up and along the ceiling.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron