springs
Example Sentences
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The arms are forged from motorbike springs and gears, its shoulders are curve from car rims, the spine is moulded from a fuel tank and its knees are pieced together with chains and suspension parts.
From Barron's
Similarly, his father and stepmother invited seven children to a resort at Steamboat Springs, Colo., for a summit to disclose estate plans.
Using her beak, C.C. pried open a long thin door in the belly of the clock, thus revealing an intricate display of rusted gears and springs and chains and doodads creaking away.
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To give the cradle a little bit of bounce, he tied the ropes to two cultivator springs and hung the whole contraption to the bows inside the covered wagon.
From Literature
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Then one by one, I mashed the trap springs down with my foot and set the triggers.
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