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Meanings of shafts in English
Synonyms
Examples for "shaft"
Examples for "shaft"
1
Over the mountains in the east came the first shaft of day.
2
This was the farthest point from the shaft in the entire mine.
3
Used four times at the base of the shaft near the tower.
4
She almost didn't see it in time- averticalshaft yawning directly ahead.
5
A minute later, ballast men slide into view in the secondary shaft.
Usage of shafts in English
1
Such shafts are dug in the hope of extracting water or oil.
2
The shafts revolved at a velocity of about 60 miles an hour.
3
The horse gave a convulsive stagger and fell dead in the shafts.
4
Soon the company will start demolishing the tunnels and sinking concrete shafts.
5
Production at two shafts had stopped because of the protests, it said.
6
The horse was found out of the shafts tied to the wall.
7
It had taken three days to locate and clean out the shafts.
8
Wilbur remained in camp while I went to get the new shafts.
9
The mighty car-warrior Karna baffled all those shafts displayed in his front.
10
Maintaining the relationships between wandering adits, shafts and pillars was hard work.
11
The texture was solid smoke and the stripes were shafts of moonlight.
12
A green twilight held the underbrush, broken by stray shafts of light.
13
Added to this, it splits the hair shafts and injures the roots.
14
The afternoon sunlight made golden shafts across the rows of empty seats.
15
With their shafts they speedily checked the impetuosity of the advancing beast.
16
Two shafts of the same stone supported the ample white-painted entrance porch.
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Shafts through the time
Shafts across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common