sledge

Example Sentences

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He later documented his journeys through India on elephant-back and across Siberia by sledge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

We asked it to draw a springer spaniel going down a hill on a sledge.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

At sea level, the oxygen molecules are driven into the lungs and into the blood with the force of a sledge hammer.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023

They included Jesus Alvarez, 19, and Zelin Sierra, 29, who were using long-handled axes and 10-pound sledge hammers to break apart massive blocks of ice that had fallen off a red-tagged building.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2023

I brought my weight down on the rear-bar and pulled and rocked and levered the sledge back away from the edge of the crevasse.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin