Example Sentences

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Baling hay and shoveling corn paid $1.25 per hour, and was also done in full sun.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

PIV lured megastar golfers Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson and others away from the PGA Tour by shoveling hundreds of millions of dollars into their bank accounts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

His days on the railroad involved long hours shoveling coal into the furnaces that fed locomotive steam engines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

It’s no coincidence that you mention you were shoveling snow at 8 years old.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

I'd said, shoveling snow up onto a mound and blinking against the stinging backshower of loose flakes.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath