auger

Example Sentences

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They pull out the auger and take a sample of the excavated dirt.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think I’m the only artistic director in the country wielding an ice auger,” she said of a tool resembling a giant corkscrew.

From New York Times

In both sun and rain, he repeatedly bores into the ground with a hand-held auger to gauge the quality of the soil, feeling, smelling and all but tasting the dirt.

From New York Times

Many drain cleaning jobs involve either snakes or long augers that slide down into the pipes and tear up or pull out debris.

From Seattle Times

For those inclined to believe that these childish provocations auger the end of the republic, please consider life in Congress in the decades before the Civil War.

From Seattle Times