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Meanings of great wheels in English

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Usage of great wheels in English
1
The grinding of the great wheels fell no more upon his ears.
A Lost Leader
2
The great wheels gave a vigorous revolution, and the boat swept away.
What Can She Do?
3
They move great wheels as if possessed of the strength of Hercules.
Mobilizing Woman-Power
4
The engines were stopped; the great wheels motionless; the broad belts sagged hopelessly.
The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War
5
Think of my darling child being crushed into jelly by those great wheels!
The Emerald City of Oz
6
The great wheels grip the pipe, held in place to either side by hydraulic clamps.
The Jennifer Morgue
7
It's just as though there were a kink in the great wheels and they weren't running true.
A People's Man
8
John, this is one of the great wheels in the mighty machine that is to move forward!
The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne
9
What a supper that was, and how smoothly went the great wheels of the world that evening!
The Nether World
10
Grunting from the effort, but working with surprising unity, the little fellows began to turn the great wheels.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
11
Close beside lay a water-mill, over the two great wheels of which poured the river white as milk.
O. T., A Danish Romance
12
All the year in the little village of Asola the great wheels of the mills went round and round.
Child Stories from the Masters / Being a Few Modest Interpretati...
13
The last bell rang, the fasts were cast off, and the great wheels of the steamer began to turn.
Now or Never; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright: A Story for Yo...
14
At last, since no delay holds back for ever the rolling of the great wheels of time, Gloria came.
The Everlasting Whisper
15
Luxmore now sought to injure him by diverting the water from his cloth-mills, and leaving his great wheels idle.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction
16
Nish followed him to the great wheels, and every step into the darkness was a further descent into his nightmare.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
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