buckets
Example Sentences
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She could carry three small bucketsful in her bucket, but it was so heavy she couldn’t lift it to dump it into the high tank on the flatboat.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
The rain came down in bucketsful, which the tramontana then obligingly threw in your face….
From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse
For half an hour the rain came down in bucketsful, and the thunder rumbled unceasingly.
From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile
His hair and his clothes were drenched with water which had been thrown in bucketsful over him, and now dripped from him on the floor.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles
Her crew had work enough to do all their time in keeping her clear of the water, which poured in through the leaks in bucketsful.
From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor
