crowbar

Example Sentences

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It shows Hsiung, in a dark jacket and tie, trying to pry open a metal door with a crowbar.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Whoever is given the job of informing him of that had better take a handful of sedatives and a crowbar to pry the president off the wall of the Oval Office.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

Armed with nothing but a crowbar and shovel in the hills of Somaliland, Ahmed Ibrahim hacks away at rocks where he and fellow miners have already found tonnes of lithium.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

However, McCullum said England will not "crowbar" Bethell into the team.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

He took his buckets and jars and his crowbar and put his sandwiches in one pocket and his thermos bottle in another pocket and he went down the cliff to the tidal flat.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck