chute

Example Sentences

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Subterranean bins have been built into the brick pavement on street corners, where residents can drop their bags into a chute above ground.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

“Someone might have stolen my spot because they ran down a 3,000-meter ski chute where gravity is helping you,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025

There are realms of adulthood I just can’t get to, because every time I climb a ladder of effort, I fall down a chute of impulsivity.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

If he hadn’t put his hand in the mail chute, his fiancee might have stayed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

We could get out of either window onto the roof and down, or go down the hay chute if the stairs were impractical.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway