sandbag
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, Bertrand removes a 50-pound sandbag from the counterweight bin, tightens the sling, and realigns the wooden trough.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025
Fellow resident Mark Clayton, helped to co-ordinate the sandbag collection, shovelling more than 140 tonnes of sand.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
After greeting graduates with salutes and handshakes, the president took a spill on stage, later saying he’d tripped over a sandbag.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024
And he has had spills in the public eye: falling off a bicycle, tripping over a sandbag.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024
Azar gave the rope a quick tug, and out in front of Bunker Six, the white sandbag lifted itself up and hovered there in a misty swirl of gas.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
