squirrel cage
Example Sentences
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The attainment of Nirvana allows us finally to step away from what one writer called "the squirrel cage of birth and rebirth" and enter into oneness with the cosmos.
From Time Magazine Archive
The animal is placed inside a big squirrel cage which revolves when the creature runs.
From Time Magazine Archive
It's like going round in a squirrel cage.
From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
But she was sure of her ground, and begged them to take a look into the squirrel cage and this they did.
From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Howard, Velma Swanston
The whole blasted fort is acting like the squirrel cage in an induction motor!
From The Ultimate Weapon by McConnell, Gerald
