Example Sentences

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The first thing to say about the logo, designed by Brazilian design firm Tátil, is that it has spadefuls of that most important quality in any Olympic branding: inoffensiveness.

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2011

He appeared promptly, with the energy of a real dirt farmer turned, not one, but three spadefuls.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shoveling about ten spadefuls of dirt, he felt a twinge in his back but said nothing about it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marine squads blew up a ring of houses round the blaze, fought the creeping flames with spadefuls of earth and adobe dust.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was digging through the snow to the black earth of the cedar woods and throwing spadefuls of it underneath the tires.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson