Example Sentences
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LUMEZI, Zambia—Three-year-old Dickson Ngwira was deep into his afternoon nap when half a dozen elephants, using trunks as trowels, gouged a five-foot-wide hole in the brick wall near his bed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Professor Cobb pointed out that "Archaeologists must have their hands free while recording data, since we need to hold our trowels and brushes while digging."
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
That’s in no more than half an hour of walking around, without trowels and paintbrushes.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2023
Only gloves and trowels are needed to remove the particle.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2022
We work side by side, using flat-bottomed trowels and occasionally shears to cut the vines and roots that weave through the blanket of dirt.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
