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Meanings of long shafts in English

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Usage of long shafts in English
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As the afternoon waned, long shafts of sun slanted through this dust.
Arizona Nights
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The long shafts of light lifted over a rise and disappeared.
Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
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A hundred long shafts soared out, hardly slowing before they hit the emerging horsemen.
Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
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The sunlight reached down in long shafts to the ground.
The Secret Eleanor
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The long shafts began to fly again, raining alike upon the slaughterers and the slaughtered.
Red Eve
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A shaggy Indian pony came ambling around the corner between the long shafts of a charette.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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I can make two points like this, several, in fact, and will only need a few long shafts.
The Plains of Passage
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On every level, arching windows allowed long shafts of sunlight to fall through the warm and dusty air.
Spellwright
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She repacked the baskets, putting a spear in each one, and fastened the long shafts firmly in place.
The Valley of Horses
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The door of Dickie's bedchamber opened, letting in long shafts of sunlight, and Dr. Knott came slowly forward.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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They looked like fat darts, with their long shafts, which allowed them to explode just above the ground.
The forgotten soldier
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He stood in the centre of long shafts of sunshine; they played round his head like the rays of Aton.
There was a King in Egypt
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Overhead swung the sun, and down the slope until the long shafts of its light lifted wand-like across the tree trunks.
The Riverman
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Through the tender green of the young leafage, starry with drops of moisture, the sunshine shot long shafts of golden light.
Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of ...
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He bethought him of the Wanderer's beauty as he stood upon the board while the long shafts hailed down the hall.
The World's Desire
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Then Satyaki, piercing the son of Drona with seventy arrows, once more pierced him with seven long shafts decked with gold.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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