the shaft
Example Sentences
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And yet, Gellar has gotten the shaft time and again, unable to fully break free from the characters she’s known for to craft a new on-screen persona that fans can fall in love with.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
But there was one thing that Toews, his teammates and 40 million Canadians forgot to account for: the shaft of U.S. goalie Connor Hellebuyck’s stick.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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
The authorities sent a camera down the shaft to do a final sweep.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
On the far side of the rubble that had fallen in from the shaft was lying the inert body of a buck.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
