lumber

Example Sentences

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Quietly she moved away and lumbered to the edge of the stream, filled now to the brim with clear, sweet running water.

From Literature

He lumbered back to where the bus had gone into the water and discovered the wind had not blown it off the road.

From Literature

The tall, pudgy teacher lumbered over to stand in front of Jeremy.

From Literature

Ryan Dezember is based in New York and writes about commodities, including lumber, oil, natural gas, copper and gold, as well as real assets, such as timberlands and energy infrastructure, for The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal

So the loggers went back to their jobs, turning trees into the lumber that would build America.

From Literature