the shaft
Example Sentences
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They allow gimmes if the putt is within the shaft of your putter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Here are two films largely about torturous family dynamics; why is Winslet’s getting the shaft?
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
He observes precisely the labor of his father: “The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft / Against the inside knee was levered firmly.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
It has been going down the shaft - descending about 2km - every hour.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025
It was Fin’s dagger, protruding from the graceful wooden shaft like an eyesore—and then the shaft turned into her hand.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
