bolt

Example Sentences

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When third period finally arrives, I change my clothes and bolt out of the locker room to the field, where Coach P. is starting drills.

From Literature

Every night we stay in the same dreary kind of motel off the highway, with a TV bolted to the wall and multiple locks on the door.

From Literature

"Those 10 years at Torness were fundamental to me understanding the nuts and bolts of what a nuclear power station is," she says.

From BBC

As soon as he was far enough, he bolted to the pipes for his clothes and backpack and exited the site, dragging himself behind the nearby gas station to get dressed.

From Literature

The five-star freshman had committed to USC with every intention of bolting for the NBA after one season, only for the setbacks of the past year to put his likely lottery status in doubt.

From Los Angeles Times