telegraph pole
Example Sentences
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It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
A woman has been seriously injured after being trapped underneath a fallen telegraph pole in a train station car park.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Other heights to which Rebecca ascended included a telegraph pole and a tree near the Metropolitan Club in Washington; getting down required firefighters’ help, according to the Billings Weekly Gazette.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2019
Notices stuck to a telegraph pole advertised an upcoming raffle, a talk about Lord Byron, and the campaign to save the school, which is a hundred and eighteen years old.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 3, 2018
At the bottom of the hill it charged across the road, knocking over a telegraph pole and flattening two parked automobiles as it went by.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
