Example Sentences

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When I was 8 years old, I was shoveling sidewalks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Harris, who was shoveling a snow berm, said he feels safe where he’s located.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

“She was shoveling donkey dung into a pail. I asked her if she thought things had changed for the better. She replied, ‘This city is like donkey dung.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021

I was shoveling the snow from my driveway by myself the other evening, and they saw me, immediately came over and said "we will help you".

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2018

It had sloped up so high onto Mr. Newton’s house that when Turner got there the next morning, Mr. Newton had crawled out the second-story window and was shoveling off the roof of his porch.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt